"In a photo posted to TikTok, she shared that her family's Elf on the Shelf named Sparkle "broke his leg" in an ice skating accident and needed to stay off his leg for three days to rest. On the photo, she wrote, "I'm going on a girls trip for the next 3 days and know my husband's limits. Broken leg for the next 3 days.""
"Typically, when parents decide to enter the world of Elf on the Shelf, starting December 1, the elf moves into your home, gets into mischief and "keeps watch" over the kids to make sure they're behaving right before Santa makes his way from the North Pole. Now, some parents just move the elf around the house to different spots and let the kids go on a little scavenger hunt, but other parents get super into the concept, creating funny scenes and scenarios for the elf."
A mother posted a TikTok photo claiming her family's Elf on the Shelf, Sparkle, "broke his leg" ice-skating and needed three days' rest, with a caption saying she's going on a girls' trip and trusts her husband only so much. The Elf on the Shelf tradition involves moving an elf daily from December 1 to watch child behavior; some parents stage elaborate scenes while others simply relocate the doll. The staged injury exempted the husband from Elf duties, prompting backlash. Critics accused the move of enabling parental disengagement and infantilizing the father, while some commenters defended possible forgetfulness or limits.
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