4 Things Elf on the Shelf Skeptics Need to Consider ASAP

Not everything is out to get your kids or is bound to scar them later in life. This "fear factor" mindset could be preventing you from seeing the potential fun for your family. "Sometimes as parents, we forget we were kids once, and we look through the cynical view as we try to make everything hard hitting news," Chanda said. "Why can't it just be fun, kids using their imagination, love, joy, and good things?"