I screwed this up so bad. The first time my son lost a tooth, I put $5 under his pillow. But he was a squirmer and ended up pushing the bill down the back of th

I screwed this up so bad. The first time my son lost a tooth, I put $5 under his pillow. But he was a squirmer and ended up pushing the bill down the back of the bed. He wakes me up the next morning, "The Tooth Fairy stole my tooth!!" I of course am completely confused, so I struggle out of bed and into his bedroom, see the bed in chaos, immediately realize what happened and go directly to where the bill would be. Apparently, in my sleepy state I didn't sell the performance of saying, "Oh, look! Here it is, silly!" He looked at me slyly and took the money. Later I learned that's when he knew the whole Fairy thing was bunk. Which is OK, really, I disliked lying to him like that. All those crazy imaginary characters - Santa, Easter Bunny, Jesus, Tooth Fairy, etc. - are just silly and guaranteed to cause tears, disappointment and a sense of betrayal. I only played along with the holidays so he wouldn't be the only kid who didn't get a visit from magic land.