Priorities

I'm still receiving my local newspaper even though I'm getting fed up with the evil I see in it every day.  Today's issue wasn't evil but a lack of understanding what is a priority and what isn't.

Some children were removed from a foster home because the foster parents were truthful about Santa and the Easter bunny.  Shocking and beyond a normal person's comprehension that those issues were deemed important enough to remove children from a home where they were loved and sheltered...Children's Aid workers should be ashamed of themselves.  These children have already been traumatized by the simple fact that they have been forced to live in a foster home.  To add to their personal trauma over the truth being told about 2 fictitious characters is mind boggling.

Sure, it's fun to enjoy a child's innocent belief in a Santa that they think brings them toys and a giant bunny that brings them candy.  My greatgrandsons are very close to the age where they won't be fooled much longer but, when they ask questions, they'll be told the truth.

But, for the Hamilton Children's Aid Society to drag 2 little girls from their home because the foster parents told them the truth about Santa and the Easter bunny verges on the ridiculous.  What are the CAS priorities for the children in their care?  Is it a loving, kind home or is it more important to agree to lie about the existence of mythical characters?

Does the CAS have so many good foster parents willing and able to take in these traumatized children that they can dismiss one decent couple because they chose to tell the children the truth about Santa and the giant bunny?  What exactly are their priorities?

The little girls in question are age 3 and 5.  I think my Shelley was 5 or 6 when Cindy got mad at me about something and paid me back by telling Shelley there was no Santa.  I'm sure that most children hear the ugly truth once they start school because there are lots of little Cindy's out there.

The Children's Aid Society needs to check their priorities and not get their knickers in a twist over inconsequentials!