and at what age did he/she stop believing.
2006-12-06 11:44:04 · 13 answers · asked by Sabine 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I don't think the 10 year old does anymore, but she won't say because we have a house full of younger children
2006-12-06 11:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by Trisha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My kids are 11, 9 and almost 4. My 11 year old stopped believing when she was around 9 and only because I forgot to leave the dollar (I know - bad mom). I forgot because she lost her tooth at school, and then literally lost it there.
Anyway, I made up a fake email address in the morning and sent her an email from the "tooth fairy" explaining that the tooth fairy knows to come to your house when you put your tooth under your pillow because it sends a signal. Because there was no tooth, they just didn't know, and they were really sorry. They said the corrected the problem and she should go check her room. While she was reading the email, I put the money under her pillow.
She caught on pretty quick!
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2006-12-06 11:48:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughters both believed until they entered middle school (or at least they couldn't seem to figure out how the money got under their pillows). Both are very light sleepers and they would have their teeth so far under their pillows that I would drive myself crazy trying to find it. Most kids realize it at 7-9 years old (same with Santa and the Easter Bunny), but if you let them enter middle school still believing, you're setting them up for teasing or a shocking blow. Best to tell the truth before then,
Or, you could do what I did and leave the tooth out (it was so late by the time they were both out cold), that my youngest daughter found her tooth, cried her eyes out and I had to spill my guts. Once she knew, I told her I would still play TF, and she drove herself nuts trying to catch me taking the tooth and leaving the money. She never caught me and now we laugh about it. She lost her last tooth when she was 12.
A lot of parents think it's lying to their children, but I looked at it as developing their imagination and sense of fantasy. I didn't want my children growing up too fast. There has to be something to conqure the fears and the boogy man. Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny do that until they are old enough to process and understand the difference between reality and fantasy. Now they carry on the tradition with their little cousin and have a ton of fun doing it.
2006-12-06 11:59:07 · answer #3 · answered by Allison S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference between make believe and an outright lie. Santa and the Easter Bunny are fun for children. I never felt betrayed or lied to by my parents when I found out Santa wasn't real. I always knew the difference between pretend and a bald-faced lie and the consequences of fibbing.
2016-05-23 02:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 18 and 17 year old don't. They stopped believing when they were 7 and 8. My two year old doesn't know about the tooth fairy.
2006-12-06 12:02:16 · answer #5 · answered by wondermom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is 5 and just started to lose her teeth so she does believe. I think that I did till I was in the 2nd grade. Pretty much the same time I found out about the Easter Bunny and Santa.
2006-12-06 11:48:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stopped believing in fourth grade when I found out that Santa wasn't real.
2006-12-06 11:53:08 · answer #7 · answered by Koko 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 9 year old daughter caught me taking her tooth when she was 6 years old. I told her the truth then.
2006-12-06 11:46:58 · answer #8 · answered by Kristin Pregnant with #4 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm 12 but I stopped beliving when I was 10 so you really should keep that going for your kids because it was fun for me.
2006-12-06 11:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by doglover12794 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my child stop beliving in the tooth fariy when she was 10
2006-12-06 11:47:46 · answer #10 · answered by soccerchhottie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋