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In all seriousness, when I've supervised student teachers, what I've told them when teaching 1st-3rd grades is that the best position to take is no position. There's nothing wrong with responding to a question like this with, "I don't know, what do you think?" It's the same response I've suggested on the "Do you believe in God?" question which also comes up a lot.
It isn't necessary to perpetuate a lie, if that's how you think of it, but at the same time you don't have to dispel a harmless fantasy. There's a nice middle ground available.
(Kindergarterners know that Santa exists, 4th graders know he doesn't, and in between from grades 1-3 you get a pretty smooth learning curve; 2nd grade is when it really becomes a raging debate).
Gilda
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