As a dad with a four, three, and two year old, Iām in full support of this.
I donāt remember elf on the shelf as a kid.
The whole concept is creepy and Iām comfortable teaching my kiddos to be good to impress Santa - whose existence is on par with spider-man, superman, etc. - so heād WANT to give them presents, for being good humans.
But I fully admit i still donāt know what Iām doing 95% of the time as a parentā¦
EDIT: by āin full support of thisā I mean abandoning the practice of elf on the shelf, not bounding and hooding said elf