THE NEW YORKER: A RECONSIDERATION OF SANTA'S LAP

“Parental disappointment, peer pressure, and pleasing an authority figure—any one of those, for an adult, is a difficult situation,” Stefani Goerlich, a sex-and-relationship therapist who works with trauma survivors, including children, told me. “When you’re five, staring down the end of the line, and it’s almost your turn with Santa, you’re dealing with all three at once.”
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