Tooth faries yes or no???

Question

My daughter is near the age when teeth start to fall out. When I was younger and my teeth fell out I used to put it under my pillow and the tooth fairy (my parents) would leave me money and take the tooth. Im trying to decide if I should do this with my own daughter.
Any views???

Answer 1

Of course, fairies and imagination are part of being a child, I think all kids love it and when they hit a certain age they'll figure out on their own that the tooth faiy is not real and as usual there will be no hard feelings. Nothing to worry about. My boyfriend and I were discussing how we are going to raise our children and we definitly agree that the tooth fairy and Santa Clause are part of the fun of being a child...ya just can't go wrong.

Answer 2

Yes why not? My mum and dad told me and my younger sister that the tooth fairies come and take your teeth away in exchange for money. They said they use the teeth to make fairy roads. I used to get 20p per tooth but that was quite a few years ago. I can remember trying to stay awake to see them but obviously fell asleep then the next day would have 20p under my pillow. Mum bought me and sis a tooth pillow, a tiny cushion with a little pocket sewn onto it, small enough to hold teeth. I loved it and wish I could find it so as to pass onto my children when theyre here. I cant remember at what age I didnt believe in this anymore.

Answer 3

Yes it is part of growing up and the look on your childs face is amazing when they see that the tooth fairy has been. Kids grow up too quickly now so we have too keep on with these traditions because before long they wont believe in the toothe fairy or santa!

Answer 4

I'll answer your question with a question. Did you enjoy it as a child, believing that a little fairy would take your tooth and leave you a surprise? If yes then i think you,ve found your answer.
I don't know of child who has been emotionally scarred when they later found out that there is not a tooth fairy, it's harmless and all part of being a child.

Answer 5

Why not...it's a child-hood memory..they grow out of it soon enough..they "grow up" and it's all gone..all over...It's basically like anything else, we grew out of it too, and wasn't it cool? especially when you got $ under your pilow? It adds to their little imaginations like the many books they will read at school,and all the many encouragements we give them as they grow and mature into little people. They are only that age "once" and you can never go back and re-do it again, do it up right the first time... it's like "tradition" of a family, it's something that is passed on to the next and to the next with stories of the previous ones that are ment to be like a "heritage". These are the things that you will set down at a table and talk about years from now when you are a "grandparent" and it's time for them(your grandchildren) to experience the "Tooth Fairy".....lol...have fun!

Answer 6

I'm all for having fun and playing games with the kids, but I'm not too hip on lying to my kids or perpetuating a lie.

We have a tooth-shaped pillow (I stitched it up out of an old t-shirt) with a pocket in the front for teeth. It's small, maybe 4" across, and there's a ribbon for hanging it off the bedpost. We do a sorta "wink, wink" thing. We tell the kids to put their teeth out for the tooth fairy, but they know darn well it's us.

My oldest really loves fantasy, so he really wishes that the tooth fairy (and Santa and the Easter Bunny) were real, but he knows they aren't. He knows it's a game that he's playing along with. Once he asked if he could stay up to wait for the tooth fairy, but he had school the next day, so I told him we'd video tape the tooth fairy for him. He was thrilled at that idea!

Then my husband and I got the camera and a flashlight and some pink tissue paper. I made fake wings out of the tissue paper and rubber-banded it to the back of my hand. Then we went into my son's dark room and I trained the flashlight on my hand as I waved it up and down to make the wings flap, and my husband filmed just my hand as it fluttered over to the tooth pillow, took out the teeth and replaced them with money. The whole time, I was whispering a little song that I made up on the spot, like "I am the tooth fairy, I am so happy to have teeth!"

The whole thing was ridiculously campy, and my kids LOVED it. They roared with laughter and watched it again and again.

So we're still having fun, but I'm not dealing with any sort of weird moral struggle that I might have if I was telling them a lie.

P.S. "Santa" is a game we play that involves secretly buying somebody what they really need or really want. My kids all do it for each other and also we pick out the names of orphans who are the same ages as my kids and my kids shop for them. We also collect coats, boots, hats, mittens, scarves and long underwear all year long and pile them in a box to take to the soup kitchen where I volunteer, to be handed out to the homeless and low-income people, and the kids save up any gifts they've received at birthdays or Christmas that either aren't quite right or are duplicates, and we donate those to the Saint Nicholas Toybox for distribution to the homeless and low-income people in our community.

The Easter Bunny is much like the tooth fairy in our house, except now we take turns. Next Easter, it's my middle kid's turn to choose what goes into the baskets. The night before Easter, I'll wake her up a half hour after the other kids are asleep so she can help fill the baskets and hide them as our designated Easter Bunny for the year. Tons of fun!

Answer 7

This depends on how you intend to be with her in the future, ie santa claus that kinda thing,
With my children I have always been as honest and truthfull as I can be.
By that I mean telling them that losing their teeth is a natural part of growing up, the end,
There is no santa,
the reason is quite simple, I want my children to grow up trusting in their parents 100%, knowing full well that lieying ( and basically that is what you'd be doing) is by no way justified.
That the presents that they get, is from mummy and daddy working very hard, so that they are able to buy thses things for their children cos they love them very much.
If you feel like making a deal about losing their teeth, why not buy them a gift and say "this is for you as now you are really starting to be a big girl/boy.

Answer 8

It sound silly, but why don't you tell her the story of the tooth fairy, and see if she says, ''Will that happen to me?'' or ''Thats silly''. Then you know what she wants. I personally think its a great idea to make children feel special, and you can say ''If you brush you teeth carefully, and make sure they are clean, the tooth fairy might give you a extra coin!''

Hope it helps =]

Answer 9

My mother was kind of religious and decided to never do the Tooth Fairy or Santa with my sister and me...I'm not going to let my daughter miss out on that- she gets Santa and in a few years, the Tooth Fairy. ;) So yes- go ahead and do the tooth fairy with her. You can only do these things while she's young!

Answer 10

YES! It's a lovely little childhood fantasy that's simple but causes so much excitement! :D

My little brother (now 8) nearly caught us out a couple of years ago by asking why the tooth fairy wants his teeth and what does she do with them! We told him that she makes them all into magic dust then at the end of the year, she gives it all to santa so he can make his reindeers fly. I'll be using that story with my little one when her teeth start falling out! :)
It's a good way of getting them to brush heir teeth too! Dirty teeth don't get made into magic dust! :)