Do You Still Give Money When the Tooth Fairy Is Not Real?

Considering the fact that at 33 Santa still brings me gifts and the Easter Bunny still sends me a basket of treats in the spring... my guess is that if I were to lose a tooth there'd be $5 in an evelop for me too!

Play along. It may seem wierd to you because you're an adult, but when she loses the tooth and her friends ask what the Tooth Fairy left her, what will she say? "There's no such thing"- bummer for her and the other kid.

I hope the Bunny will still be visiting her this week- that would be pretty sad too!

Thanks for the reminder! I need to play tooth fairy tonight!

We're not at this point yet, but for my oldest we'll keep doing it because of younger siblings. Even without that reason, I'd probably still do it just to be silly. Help me to stay in denial about growing up, and help kid to have a moment to stay a kid :)

At the age of 13 I had cancer, Lympho Sarcoma. Radiation was shot through my jaw line to stop the growth. The doctors told my folks that by age 20 I would loose all my teeth - my folks prayed that I would live to the age of 14 - teeth at 20 was not a concern. Next month I will be 65 and the teeth are starting to break out - in fact I never know when a tooth or fragment of a tooth will end up in my next bite....no COMPLAINTS HERE. . . the good Lord has been good and when pieces of or teeth fall out - they go into a tooth fairy cup! The lessons that are being learned by all of my grand kids are endless - i.e., "brushing is important or you will loose your teeth like Grammy" or as they learn about cancer the lessons I have learned about good nutrition, loving support and spiritual support are all discussed. BUT the most important thing - "Grammy's Tooth Fairy Cup" - I get all sorts of things - little notes, rocks with special markings, hand drawn pictures of my last implant, etc.....notes of encouragement from not only my grandkids but my crazy friends who will stop by and leave their message in THE CUP!!! Magically as we grow up we learn what the cup was really all about - celebrating that person - and at age 65 - that is awesome.....

I would still play- it's still fun!

I do...my daughter and I joke about it...and I think when her younger brother loses a tooth, I may enlist her help...she'd get a kick out of it. I think it's actually been more fun since she knows...I can play obnoxiously and obviously innocent and she laughs and laughs :). She likes to tell people about the time my aunt sent my uncle up to play tooth fairy and he accidentally grabbed a $20 out of his wallet instead of a $1...I think she's hoping her 'tooth fairy' will make a similar mistake :p. As older teenagers/young adults home from college, my brothers and I would still put our sleeping bags out on Christmas Eve and sleep by the tree waiting for 'Santa'...some of the most amazing memories ever :).

We still do. It's all about the anticipation that there will be 2 quarters under the pillow. I know my 11 yo knows, but that's OK. They are kids for only so long and the toothfairy is one of those things that when the last tooth goes, so does she, and so does a little part of childhood.

I actually aked my 16 yo yesterday. "What if the Easter Bunny didn't come this year?" She got real quiet and said "Would we get our rabbits and pinwheels?" It's all about tradition when you're young and 16 is obviously still young enough for the Bunny to come in our house.

So here the toothfairy has 6 more teeth, it's fun to go to bed then wake up to something under your pillow, no matter how it gets there.

I was the oldest, so I always played along for my brother and sister. I would guess most kids would figure it out before they were finished losing teeth (although I cannot remembe how old I was when I figured it out).

Of course you play along. Why would you punish your child (as in not giving them the money) because they figured it out. I would feel terrible if I kept getting money from the tooth fairly because I played along, but my sister (the youngest) stopped getting money when she was 8 because she figured it out.

Just a thought.

I'd just play along still.

If the tooth is under the pillow, give her a buck. If it is not there, then she is not into it.

i wouldnt...the only way i would do all the above is if they had a younger sibling that would understand santa, easter bunny etc. maybe leave her a quarter or something because her friends at school will probably ask

No following the Tooth Fairy routine once they know, it's nice while it lasts, though ; )

Tooth fairy is done...my kids already suck my money dry already.

They only have 20 teeth that they can get money for, so yep, it's worth the $20 bucks or so it will cost me.

I would still pay for the teeth, but I also have kids that are younger.

yep I would. Fun thing to do!

Sure, why not? If they're into it or if there are younger siblings that the illusion might be kept intact for, or maybe because it's a tradition and it's just another way you can let her know you care! I'd keep the tooth fairy going.

About Santa though, my son is 2.5 and my stepkids are all teens and when I start talking about Santa they roll their eyes (their mom told them about Santa when they were LITTLE because she didn't want to buy extra gifts) and I just tell them "If you don't believe, you don't receive!" That always gets a smile out of them. :)

The Tooth Fairy was *always* real at my house!!! Gotta have fun!

As a child we never did Santa, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy, and I don't do any of them with my children either. I had a VERY happy childhood, despite what everyone said to my mother.
When we lost teeth, we would take them to my Mom and she would "buy" them from us. Almost like a bartering system. "Oh, this is a front tooth, do you think it is worth 50 cents?" "A molar? that one may be worth a little more." We always ended on a dollar per tooth, but it was a fun little game. She kept them all in a little glass chicken jar thing she had on her dresser.

We haven't gotten to the point where my son realizes that the tooth fairy is not real, but I plan to still leave $. The whole point of the tooth fairy is to celebrate the milestone and help kids who would otherwise be frightened by the process. Leave the money and give a big wink when you ask her about it in the morning. One year after I figured it out my parents sent me on a scavenger hunt around the house to find the $ to make it more fun.

No, absolutely not. We went through this recently with my youngest AND middle daughters. My youngest figured out that the tooth fairy isn't real and asked me why the tooth she lost last week didn't get money under the pillow. I explained that once you figure out the truth about the tooth fairy, the money stops getting delivered.