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Your Elf on a Shelf probably isn't making your kids act nicer

Gail P Sherman
Dec 20, 2024
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Elf on the Shelf

According to a new paper, the fear of ending up on Santa's Naughty list doesn't make kids behave better.

At Christmastime, children are often admonished to be good or end up on Santa's "naughty" list and receive only coal in their stockings. A study in the United Kingdom attempted to determine if believing in Santa improved kids' behavior…

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