Christmas is an amazing time for parents as they watch their little ones relish in the magic of Father Christmas, his elves and his reindeer. But one couple have decided not to let their daughter, who is now nine, believe in him - claiming it's "gaslighting".
Mathew and Aurelian Bourdreaux, claim "honesty is the best policy" when it comes to parenting. Rather than insisting Father Christmas and the tooth fairy are real, the couple ask Helena if she wants to play 'make-believe' and pretend they're real. But the schoolgirl knows Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy don't exist and her dads are "playing along" to keep her happy.
Mathew, 46, insists the family "don't want to participate in large scale global gaslighting" - making children question their own reality - and says the couple decided they "would never deceive" their little girl.
