The Tooth Fairy Isn’t Fair

The tough moments catch you by surprise.

Mar 30, 2022

How Do I Tell My Kid The Tooth Fairy Isn't Fair?   Some of the hardest moments in parenting are the ones where you've got to balance your desire to give your kid a moment of simple, uncomplicated happiness with the bigger picture. For instance: when "grappling with the wildly unpredictable inequities of the fairy financial system."  When Keema Waterfield's daughter lost her first tooth, catching her off-guard, her biggest problem was that she didn't have any cash and her debit card had just expired — "thank you, pandemic," she writes. But it also took her back to a tough chapter of her own childhood: "I found myself briefly paralyzed by this completely predictable parenthood milestone, thrown back to an ongoing heartache from my childhood. Why were the Tooth Fairy, Santa, and Easter Bunny visits at my house so shitty compared to my classmates?"  It's not just the loose teeth that catch you off guard; it's how fast they start asking the really hard questions, too.  — Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor   READ MORE

HARSH BUT TRUE Jim Gaffigan Admits That Having Teens Is 'Horrible' Compared To Having Young Kids   Don't SCARE me like this, Jim Gaffigan! (At least they let you sleep in, right?) Read More   KIDS' HEALTH The Pandemic Is Causing 'Devastating' Delays for Kids Who Need Autism Care   Delays in diagnosis and treatment can have long-lasting consequences and permanently change outcomes for kids — and the pandemic has made both specialists and in-home therapists hard to come by. Read More   GET ME OFF THIS PLANET Grimes Is Making An 'Intergalactic Children's Metaverse Book,' Whatever The Hell That Is   "I'm very excited to be partnering with OP3N to launch a series of educational art for babies and small children with the goal of creating a profound experience for babies that is also deeply meaningful to adults," she said. Listen, I don't know what this means either, but my interest is piqued! Read More

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I'm An '80s Baby And I Quit Reminding My Gen Z Kids How Good They Have It   When your kids whine, it's tempting to start with the old "I walked uphill to school both ways in the snow" routine. ("When I was your age, 'tablets' were for Moses and Fred Flintstone!") Katie Bingham-Smith stopped doing that with her own Gen Z kids, though, when she realized it wasn't working, just like it hadn't worked on her: "Trying to pound the good life I was giving them into their heads did not make them appreciate what they had any more. Here I was on my soapbox. The very soap box I once wanted to push my parents off."   READ MORE

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