When did you tell your dc about the tooth fairy?

[DickVanDyke26]

My dc is 10 and a half now and has just lost another tooth. I don't have the heart to tell him but this time next year he'll be getting closer to high school. I'm also afraid that if I tell him now that he'll ask me if Santa is real. Help! What do I do?

Let him be. My lot did find out but kept quiet kerching 😂

I never believed, but pretended to for the cash. I told my dc there is no such thing from the beginning, but still play pretend. Are you sure he actually believes?

He might not but I don't know for sure. He just said she didn't come last time 🤦‍♀️

Does he believe or does he just want the money? Tell him before high school.

My DD11 found out when she was 9 because my clumsy DH woke her up during the tooth/cash exchange - it didn’t immediately make her question Santa at the time (although she now knows none of it is real).

I would definitely let him know before high school. I’ll be doing this with my DS9 who still believes in it all (I think!).

He almost 100% knows and just wants the cash.

When I around that age I wanted to ‘prove’ that I knew she wasn’t real, so I didn’t tell my parents my tooth fell out and lo and behold, exclaimed in the money that she couldn’t be real when I got no cash.

(I realised about a week later the clever thing would have been to continue to pretend and accept the cash).

I’ve never needed to tell my children this stuff. They work it out themselves and pretend for a bit. Even when it’s obvious they don’t believe, they still enjoy the ceremonial aspects of the tooth fairy - and the money obviously!

I didn't tell mine. She just seemed to know at some point. We still do the whole put it in a tooth fairy pillow thing etc especially as she has a younger sister.

I had a very exhausting conversation on the way home from school one day with my 11 year old. he started by asking me what each of the LGBTQ letters meant. I got through that and then he fixed me with a beady eye and said; ' Now, What about Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy'.

I needed a serious drink after that.

(He did have a little cry at Santa though).

My eldest (9) has always been suspicious but as our tooth fairy logs onto Fortnite and leaves Vbucks he doesn't question it.

My almost 6 year old is terrified of the Tooth Fairy so we 'sent a text' to opt out of her services and she knows DH and I buy her something. This way there is no tooth fairy coming here but she won't tell all her friends that she doesn't exist.

Surely by ten he's figured it out? He just wants the dosh.

I've never told my kids any of this stuff, they just work it out. But I would 100% make sure he is aware before he goes to secondary school although he probably knows already.

Never. My almost 12 year old (year 7) had a gap of a couple of years without losing any teeth then started loosing them like mad, and he still puts them in the tooth pillow and gets a quid. He's not said the word 'fairy' and I'm assuming he doesn't really still believe but he likes the tradition. Similarly none of my kids have ever had a Santa reveal moment but as they have got older it has become obvious they don't truly believe any more. But they still expect presents in their stockings! (older ones are 16 and 14)