A. Lost a tooth at 5:30 this morning and so tonight as we put it under his pillow he asked if we could write a letter asking if he could keep it.
(he is quite the...um...well...collector!)
questions that followed as we wrote to the 'tooth fairy'...
A:if you want to keep the tooth will the tooth fairy still give you the money?
me:I think that will be ok.
A:are you the tooth fairy???
me:well...um...do you believe in the tooth fairy? then I altered directions
~why would I write myself a letter???(go on the defense, right!)
A:one of the kids in my class got 20 dollars why does our tooth fairy only bring 2.
me:I think most kids get 2 dollars
(then I kid you not I was a t a loss soooo...I changed the subject, Santa is such a great diversion!)
my question, how old where you when you found out about the Toothfairy/Santa/Easter bunny being...well...you know.....not quite r--l.
I was 4 or maybe five when the magical universe was altered for me forever. I can still picture my sister and I huddled together under a hall desk where she broke the news. Though the mystic fantasy was over (which is inevitable I do understand) the one thing I can say is I always believed my sister would be a straight shooter, still to this day I believe she will tell me when my butt looks fat on my jeans or if I have food in my teeth.
anyways...
I guess what I am pondering is, is better to teach or children we will be honest, to let them believe until they themselves question the reality of these fairy-tails and then tell them the truth or is it better to lie and hold on to the magic as long as you can???
3 comments:
I'm all for telling my kids the truth, but we talk about Santa like it's a fun "game" that lots of families play, and some kids really believe it's real, so DON'T TELL THEM. That's the parents' job. :) So far it has worked.
I like that! I don't think I have it in me to actually lie about it straight faced and so far I have never had to. I think I might look up the histories of how these little fairy tail-ish things began and we can enjoy them through that??? St Nicholas etc...
Thanks for your input, very helpful to hear I am not alone in the not lieing department.
I'm with LK. My parents never told me Santa was real, we just all played "pretend" that Santa came. We still wrote him letters, left out cookies, and got presents from "Santa" and knew it was all just fun and games. I will probably follow suit with Esme. And because we are Christian, we want to be clear about Jesus vs. Santa, what's real and what's make-believe so the line doesn't get blurred.
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