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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think it just starts to occur to children in about 3rd or 4th grade.... hmmm.... perhaps this isn't true?  perhaps there is another explanation?  why are there so many Santas at the mall?  Is there REALLY some little fairy who runs around putting $ in place of teeth?[/b]

and then they also are listening for you to slip up (as all parents do) and they put 2 and 2 together and....

I remember adamantly NOT wanting to disbelieve about Santa.  I don't even remember learning about the tooth fairy, but I had to have, right?

I also don't remember it being some horrible event, learning "that my parents lied" - it just....  became obvious to me as I listened to my parents' mistakes as they said "I found that bag on X catalog" when it was from Santa....  and listening to other kids.... and whatever....[/quote]

My almost-7 year old gets $1 per tooth (she's lost 6 so far), but her friends get all sorts of amounts, up to $20 per tooth (!) and even small presents. She's asked me why the tooth fairy gives different amounts to different kids, and I just shrugged and said all kids are different. She knows that monsters and unicorns and dragons aren't real, and I have a feeling that Santa and the Easter Bunny and tooth fairy aren't too far behind. [/quote]

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