Kelly Clarkson told her kids that she made the Easter baskets, not a bunny
First, Kelly Clarkson accidentally revealed to her daughter that Elsa wasn't real.
Now, the Easter bunny?
But we get it. Give us hard-working parents some credit, amirite?
In an interview with People, the 36-year-old mom said that she told her kids that she and her husband Brandon Blackstock provided their Easter baskets.
They share two children, daughter River, 4, and son Remington, 3.
“I kind of just was like, ‘Mommy and daddy did these for you.’ I knew my mom always did it — maybe don’t show this to children,” she told the magazine.
“I thought Easter was for us,” she added. “Sometimes I’m tired of giving credit to non-existent things. Like I’m very busy, and I took the time to shop at Target and put this all together. I did this — no bunny! They got chocolate, so they’re fine.”
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To tell or not to tell
There has long been the parenting debate on how, when and if to tell kids things are not real — the Easter bunny, Santa, the tooth fairy.
Last Christmas, social media buzzed with experts asking that parents, not Santa, give the expensive gifts.
The reason is that when kids compare notes, kids from less fortunate families won't understand why Santa only brought them something small, while their friends got big-ticket items.
And some parents just have a hard time lying to their children.
Dax Shepard, who shares two children with Kristen Bell, defended his decision last year to tell his then 5-year-old daughter that Santa wasn't real.
"I was basically forcing her to ignore her critical thinking," he said in his podcast. "And then I jogged my own memory and I don't ever remember believing and yet I loved Christmas."
He also said that his daughter knew not to ruin the magic for believers, which is a concern for many parents.
"It's annoying for other great parents to hear you call them liars, because they let their kids explore their imagination by letting them believe in Santa. I've never met a child who was furious their parents let them believe. It's a bit harsh," one Twitter user responded to Shepard.
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