A mother has divided social media users after revealing that she's already told her children that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy aren't real.
According to The Daily Mirror, TikTok user Nevada Sharee sparked the fierce after sharing a video to her account on February 12, in which she answered the question: "Name something about the way you raise your kids that people think is weird, but you think has been really healthy for them."
Take a look at the divisive video below:In the video in question, Sharee states: "So I've never told my kids that there was a Santa Claus, Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy at all and my reasoning behind that is, I never wanted to build my children's childhood on lies.
"I never wanted to build their hopes up, only to have them crushed later.
"I was often criticized, saying that I'm not allowing my children to have an imagination, or I'm not allowing my children to be a child, but actually I'm allowing my children to have imaginations of their own choosing. I didn't put imaginary creatures in their head."
Sharee continued:
"They still got Christmas presents, they still got Easter baskets and I personally rewarded them and praised them for getting their teeth out and all the other things that people normally get.
"I just didn't make them believe in something that wasn't true."
The video currently boasts over 300,000 views, 63,000 likes, and thousands of more comments from other TikTok users as of the time of writing - and people had a lot of differing opinions on the matter.
For instance, one person wrote: "Personally I don't share the same opinions but 100% respect yours. Just please teach your children not to ruin Santa [act] for other children."
Another person stated: "My mom always explained Santa was the spirit of giving, which I really like as an adult but other kids and class confused me as a [kid]."
Another person said: "I let my son decide when he would get his first haircut. People were outraged that I let my child decide how he looked."
Someone else said: "as a teacher i once had a 12 year old kid tell me 'all adults lie, santa claus and easter bunny, how do we know what's true. [sic]"
However, others were slightly more skeptical, with one person stating: "She just broke and can't afford the presents from Santa, the Easter bunny, and [the] tooth fairy."
