Children stop believing in Santa Claus sooner than parents think – Moskovsky Komsomolets

some time children do not admit that they knew the truth, in their own interests

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a Group of researchers from the Nottingham Trent University in the UK, called the age at which children often stop believing in Santa Claus or Santa Claus, even if the parents do not realize it. According to psychologists, this happens in seven years.

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Reaching the age of seven, children most often, they themselves cease to believe in the good-natured wizard, handing out gifts for the New year. Comparing stories of parents with personal experience and what they hear from their peers, children gradually come to the conclusion that Santa Claus does not exist, even if parents continue to claim the opposite. However, in most cases, the children themselves do not rush to report his discovery, scientists say.

If to speak about Santa Claus, in the light of new research, we can say that with his help both children and parents are a kind of psychological game against each other. Santa Claus in the classic interpretation of this image gives gifts to children who behaved well during the year, and those who behaved badly receive charcoal. Many parents, according to previous studies, they recognize that this allows the use of the figure of this fantastic character as a lever of manipulation, forcing the children to monitor their behavior. Subsequently, however, the initiative intercept the children. They understand that Santa Claus does not exist, but you can see that from his face parents give gifts. So children pretending to continue to believe in the Christmas story, to continue to receive gifts as if nothing has changed. Thus, in this case children, to some extent, seek to manipulate their parents.

However, appropriate and more “altruistic” interpretation is possible, both children and parents simply understand that belief in Santa Claus is partly necessary to create a genuine festive mood, and so as those and others prefer to behave as if this belief has not disappeared.

we will Remind, recently, another group of researchers questioned the fact that belief in Santa Claus is always a boon for a child. Experts from University of Exeter, suggested that subsequently the truth can undermine children’s knowledge of parents as the bearers of truth and wisdom. However, in a new study of the effects of this kind have been identified.