The Elf On The Shelf By Dr. David Kyle Johnson

Being stalked, being watched by unseen eyes, knowing there are consequences for any preceived wrong action taken. It is enough to make anybody go insane with paranoia. People do not know how to escape its gaze; the gaze of the ever watchful Elf on the Shelf. In “Let's Bench The Elf on the Shelf: Is the Elf on The Shelf a dangerous parental crutch?” written by Dr. David Kyle Johnson, he makes a clear argument for why such a toy should never be exploited on children. Accordingly, some of the numerous reasons for why it should be avoided are that it hinders children's abilities in seeing reality along with injuring their trust of their parents, scarring them in the process. In part, the Elf on the Shelf is just another Santa Claus; another mythological
First question that crosses the child's mind once they find out: “What else are my parents lying about?” and second, “Did I really have to go through some of the horrendous things that such lying caused?” For example, the Easter Bunny. Some children are afraid to go see that guy at the mall. My parents, for one, scarred me for life from their lying when it comes to the Easter Bunny. It started when my mom was cleaning my ears with a q-tip and looked at the tip of it to see it was orange. She said they were carrots! Naturally by conclusion, I believed the Easter Bunny would come in the house on Easter and eat my ears. Finding out the bunny was not real cleared my anxiety, replacing it with relief. Imagine what an Elf on the Shelf would have done to me in my childhood. I really would have gone insane with paranoia, imagining that doll sneaking into my room at night to watch me. After all that, would anybody seriously trust their parents anymore? No, they would be scared to death! In short, it is in the best interest of future generations that the Elf on the Shelf not be used, eliminating more severe scarring and trust issues children have with their