How do you explain to your child that the Tooth Fairy is not real?

Question

My child comes home telling me that kids are telling him that the tooth fairy is not real. It is not fair for him. He is only five years old. help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Do what they used to do in medievil times when a rumor spreads,... eliminate the source of the rumor, it strikes fear into the hearts of those who would repeat the same mistake.

So I would do what the people of old would here, and kill in the name of the tooth fairy! Death to the non believers every last man woman and child!

Answer 2

Think back to when you were 5 years old, did you believe in the tooth fairy and even Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny? Didn't some of the older kids do the same with you as well?

Just ask your child if the tooth fairy didn't leave them something for their tooth....You are not telling a lie, and you are allowing the child to continue his belief until they grow up enough and the idea seems to fade away...until they have children of their own and they get to play tooth fairy themselves.

Answer 3

Has he lost any teeth yet? If so, keep playing tooth fairy till he tells you he knows better, probably in a few years.
If he hasn't lost any teeth yet, tell him that when he loses his first tooth that you'll put it under his pillow and in the morning when he wakes up, he'll see whether the tooth fairy is real or not. Of course, you'll have to do the switch! Let them enjoy being a kid for as long as you/they can hold out. The world gets too cruel too fast anymore. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Remind your child of other things kids may have told him that were not true. (my sisters liked to tell me I was adopted) help him work through this logic. When he can see a few examples of how the other kids were wrong about a variety of things, you can reaffirm for your child that the Tooth Fairy does exist. Perhaps rent a movie featuring the tooth fairy. You can still get the magic back. At 5 he's still got plenty of teeth to lose.

Answer 5

Just tell him that those kids are wrong. Tell him that when you were young you saw the tooth fairy so the tooth fairy has to be real.

Answer 6

I had the same prob when i was 5 (now 14) one day I came home in tears because some mean kid told everyone that the tooth faerie wasn't real. My mother asked me if I thought the tooth faerie was real , I did at the time, and my mom said that if I believed in her she was real, causing me to have a 4 year run of thinking she was real...until I found an envelope full of my teeth :) lol

Answer 7

I always do this. I say, "When the Tooth Fairy is in a tight schedule, he has mommy and daddy to help." Or just tell him that the Tooth Fairy is not real.

Answer 8

You don't have to tell kids that the tooth fairy isn't real - they figure it out for themselves. Keep up the magic and your kid will love it but will also start trying to catch you out. The kids loose their front teeth at 6 to 8 years old, so keep the magic going until at least then.

Answer 9

Oh I'm sorry, my son is 5 and hasn't lost a tooth yet, I would hate to never get to play tooth fairy!

You should just explain to your son that the toothfairy is a fun game parents play to make losing teeth and growing up really exciting and rewarding.

Answer 10

write something like a news article that says there is no tooth fairy. Put it in the mail box.make him check the mail box.read the letter to him.(only if he lost a tooth.)but it is still better to wait a couple of years to see the excitement in his face.