I love this so much. I will say my mom (the youngest of boomers) had elves growing up. She still has some today. However, their elves were stationary and were just extra eyes for Santa. Her Greatest Generation parents were certainly not about to do anything special with that elf.
I love this. I loathe the spying little creatures and the tyranny they place on my sister and her youngest Her kids range in age from 31 to 8 and the older ones are forever mocking the hyper-attentive parenting style she has adopted for her younger children.
I like the point that elves get kids used to the idea of surveillance and reporting back of their behaviour to an authority figure.
I did the Santa thing with my son but never ever did I suggest that his coming was conditional on good behaviour because I remember the crippling anxiety about not being good enough when I was a kid.
My parents also had me convinced when I was very small that if I didn’t go to bed on time Wee Willie Winkie would take me away to the Land of Nod.
I love this so much. I will say my mom (the youngest of boomers) had elves growing up. She still has some today. However, their elves were stationary and were just extra eyes for Santa. Her Greatest Generation parents were certainly not about to do anything special with that elf.
I love this. I loathe the spying little creatures and the tyranny they place on my sister and her youngest Her kids range in age from 31 to 8 and the older ones are forever mocking the hyper-attentive parenting style she has adopted for her younger children.
I like the point that elves get kids used to the idea of surveillance and reporting back of their behaviour to an authority figure.
I did the Santa thing with my son but never ever did I suggest that his coming was conditional on good behaviour because I remember the crippling anxiety about not being good enough when I was a kid.
My parents also had me convinced when I was very small that if I didn’t go to bed on time Wee Willie Winkie would take me away to the Land of Nod.