Professor of Psychological Science Miriam Liss
Professor of Psychological Science Miriam Liss shared her expertise in an article for two USA Today affiliates, Naples Daily News and Wisconsin State Farmer, on how to talk to children who ask questions about Santa Claus. She said parents often realize children are ready when they ask such questions as:
“How can Santa get into the house without a chimney? How does he travel all over the world in only one night?
She said the best way to handle these questions is to answer them with more questions to gauge the child’s thinking:
What do you think? Do you think it’s possible?
‘Kids who are ready will show that they’re ready,’ Liss said. If they’re not ready for the truth, Liss continued, then they’ll come up with their own explanation to keep the magic alive.” Read more.