Why You Might Be Doing ‘Elf on a Shelf’ Wrong

The perils of coercing children’s behavior

Photo by Misty Ladd on Unsplash

The smiling Elf in his traditional red suit, with troublingly dead eyes is back. Locked away in the attic or garage, he has recently been unwrapped and placed in homes across the nation.

Sat on the mantle piece between a gnome with a light up nose, and that picasso-esque, disturbing clay…