Sticker club letter chain10/28/2022 ![]() ![]() Peer Pressure and moral reasoning: Why do people do chain letters, when is it fun and when is it problem Geography: Get a map and plot out where the stickers come from Math: figure out how many stickers they will receive, how many will the receive if half the people break the chain, is nobody does, etc As long as we are talking about stickers and the $5 that it will cost you isn't a hardship, how about you use it as an opportunity to teach your kid some things. How about you don't overreact and blow things out of proportion and let your kid play. But it sure is fun for the one who gets the 36, isn't it? And why should that child care about the 36 other children who will get nothing? It is false to say about this, "It's only stickers." The sad thing is that many parents can no longer understand this.įor every child who receives 36 packs of stickers, another 36 children who participate in the system, must receive zero sticker packs. Using stickers to teach your child to be a liar, a thief, and perpetuator of fraud, is both really harmful and offensive. The question I have is this: Why are we doing fun projects with our children that teach them to be liars and deceivers? If my daughter sends out a letter which implies to others a promise that cannot be kept, doesn't this make my daughter a liar? It is impossible for every child who receives one of these letters to receive 36 packs of stickers, but this is the implied promise that is in the letter. Doesn't this make my daughter a liar, or a participant in a lie? How is it right for my daughter to participate in this "Club" if it means that many involved will never receive anything. As a parent it is my responsibility to teach my daughter to avoid what is wrong, even if she can legally get away with it. However, just because something is legal does not mean it is right. Therefore, even though many people will end up not receiving any stickers, they are not being defrauded, because they are not expecting to receive anything of real "legal value." ![]() Therefore it is always a form of fraud which results in many people being defrauded of money.Įxchange Chain Letters using stickers are legal because nothing of "legal value" is sent out. Is sending a pack of stickers which costs a dollar, in principle different than sending out a dollar bill?Įxchange Chain Letters using dollar bills are illegal because they result in many people sending out dollars (which have legal value) and receiving nothing in return though they are promised a return. ![]() Is it good for me as a parent, to encourage my daughter to do that which is technically legal, but is in principle the same as that which is illegal? If, instead of stickers, dollar bills were being sent, then this chain letter would be mail fraud, which is, I think, not only illegal, but a federal offense. because they do not involve items that are considered "of legal value." The item of exchange is a pack of stickers. This letter is a type of chain letter called an Exchange Chain Letter. My 8-year-old daughter received a "Sticker Club" chain letter. ![]()
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