Tooth Fairy/Santa/Easter Bunny
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Tell her that so and so's isn't a good kid and thats why his parents are his tooth fairy but for good little girls the tooth fairy really comes.
crabcake
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Thanks for the input, folks. I like the idea of the "spirit of the tooth fairy/santa/EB" thought. DQ's a little whipper-snapper when it comes to lying/promises/etc. If I say "yes, we'll go to xyz this weekend" and something comes up and we don't, she lays on the guilt-trip with 3 coats of thickness. 
"But mommy, you promised!" and that breaks my heart. 
"But mommy, you promised!" and that breaks my heart. 
CMC122
Go Braves!
vraiblonde said:
Kids always try to spoil it for other kids! My daughter was in 4th grade when she finally stopped believing. Kids had been trying to spoil it for her since pre-k. Keep making it special for her
Throw in some twist and turns here and there like leaving "footprints" from Santa's boots......... stuff like that. She's too young to give it up yet!
sleuth
Livin' Like Thanksgivin'
I agree with CMC...CMC122 said:
Kids always try to spoil it for other kids! My daughter was in 4th grade when she finally stopped believing. Kids had been trying to spoil it for her since pre-k. Keep making it special for her
you're daughters only like 6 years old, isn't she? Far too young to not believe.. don't do the spirit thing.. you might as well just tell he isn't real.
I was a believer up until 3rd grade as well, 9 years old.
And even now, to some extent, I believe in magic at Christmas time.
I have always struggles with this concept. We want to teach our kids not to lie but we do to create this magical fantasy then we get mad when some other kids tells the truth. I still got sucked in with all of my kids though. I will never forget when I was eight I informed the neighbor kid the Easter bunny wasn't real. Their parents came to my house ranting about how dare I tell their child the truth.
camily
Peace
I actaully know a parent that tells his kids that he buys the gifts at Christmas because he doesn't want some "fake guy" to get the credit. What a jerk! Your kids will find out soon enough and know it was you all along. I thought that was really selfish of him. My older kids are 8 and 10 now and I am starting the "what do you want from Santa" now this year and seeing the response. They know, but play along for our benefit now I think! I remember once my daughter went into this whole story of how the tooth fairy came and she saw her. She old me all kinds of detail about what she wore and everything. It was so cute! What an imagination.
Go with your gut. JMHO. You don't want to establish that she doubts your word. That could be a real disaster. Too bad that you lose the "little girl" tooth fairy fun, but since the cat is out of the bag, I don't think you should compound the problem.crabcake said:.... My gut is saying "tell her the truth" cuz I push "honesty" big time with her. But at the same time, I wanna keep my little girl ... my little girl.
carolinagirl
What's it 2 U
vraiblonde said:
Even though kids told me at an early age that the toothfairy, easter bunny and santa weren't real, I would just
because the last laugh was on them. They stopped believing and got nothing. Me - I beleived til I had to become all those things to my kids and I was still getting gifts from santa when I was in college. 
On a serious note, my little one has lost several teeth and the top two are loose now. She told me yesterday that some little punk at school says the toothfairy is not real, it's really you mommy. I said well, if you don't believe then you don't get nothing. She never said a another word, she just tried her best to pull those teeth out last night.
sockgirl77
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My parents lied to me when I asked them about the Tooth Fair, Easter Bunny, and Santa. They told me the truth when I heard it for the 3rd time when I was 7, almost 8. I never doubted them after that. I never called them liars. They explained to me that it's something that most children believe in. Does anyone in here know of any kid that has thought of their parents' as liars b/c they lied to them about these things? I don't. At that age, they still think Mommy and or Daddy are gods! :shrug:
That is what I was thinking.crabcake said:
sockgirl77
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I think that I wouldn't have had so many happy childhood memories if someone would have taken the beliefs of the TF,EB, and SC away any earlier. Why spoil their childhood too early? Come to think of it, I still believed in the TF until I was 9. I think the EB was around the same time. It was when I was almost 8 that the neighborhood prick told me that SC wasn't really for the 3rd time. Then, my mom decided that it was about time to tell me the truth. Because at that point, she had argued with his parents enough. His parents were upset b/c I kept calling him a liar.crabcake said:
I told my daughter that a girlfriend of mine was the Tooth Fairy. She might even still believe that because I have no memory of telling her the truth. I should probably call her and ask...see if she's disillusioned and thinks I'm a terrible person for lying to her.MMDad said:
sockgirl77
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vraiblonde said:
carolinagirl
What's it 2 U
sweetpea said:OMG...mine does the same schit...bringing up crap from 2 years ago.
And then they remind you at the most inappropriate time in front of the people you least wanted to know.