# The Joys Of Instilling Terror In Your Child

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-instilling-terror-in-your-child/496414>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-instilling-terror-in-your-child/496414 "2009-05-14T15:09:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-instilling-terror-in-your-child/496414/41 "2009-05-17T19:12:23Z")

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I’ve related this one before: [Instant reporting of “naughty girls” to Santa](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351114)

> [@QtM](#):
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> My friend Ed had last week off, and he spent it with his young daughters, ages 6 and 4. While driving back home from a matinee, the young ladies became quarrelsome. Tiring of the exchange, my friend contacted OnStar, his navigation/rescue service.
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> Activating the device, he quickly got a response.
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> “Yes, Dr. Ed! How can I help you?”
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> “I’ve got two naughty girls in the car and I need to report them to Santa immediately!”
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> Fortunately the OnStar operator played along with him, and “made ready to file a report.” This did have the intended effectof immediately making both girls plead for mercy and promise good behavior. So my friend Ed relented, told the OnStar operator to hold the report for now, but keep it on file just in case.
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> If you’re gonna have your kids believe in Santa, might as well get some leverage from the belief, no?

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-instilling-terror-in-your-child/496414/42 "2009-05-17T20:45:23Z")

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That reminds me of [this](http://notalwaysright.com/ah-parents/337)

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