Originally Posted by
ninna
Ok. I confess that I just totally flat-out lied to my six year old. And yeah, I feel bad and I feel guilty and I'm wondering if I did the right thing. :-~
Last night she lost a tooth. Not her first by any stretch of the imagination. Just the first one in quite a few months. She puts it under her pillow. The tooth fairy's helper does the ole switcheroo. All is well. She discovers the exchange but doesn't run to announce anything (which, admittedly I found odd). Tonight at bedtime she says, "Mommy. Tell me the truth. Are you the tooth fairy?"
Like. Point blank. Looks me right in the eye.
And I'm standing there stammering and its taking me forever to answer because on one hand, I'm thinking, "Don't lie to your children! It sets a terrible example! Tell her the truth because she asked you too!"
On the other hand I'm thinking, "But OMG! She's only 6 and you've already lied to her anyway about stuff like Santa! Destroy the tooth fairy bubble and next it's the Santa Claus and Easter Bunny bubble. For heaven's sakes let her be an innocent child for just a few more years!" (which is getting harder to do with a big know-it-all 10 year old for a sister who shares the same room as my youngest.)
So I gave her some lame old "Well, the tooth fairy has ambassadors that help her out because obviously she can't be everywhere" answer which didn't answer her question at all. Then I raced out of the room announcing that I was gonna go get daddy so we could tuck her in because frankly, I had to find a way to pick my jaw up off the floor and wipe the look of bewilderment, guilt, and stupidity off my face.
Ugh. I am a terrible mother.
Where's the cheesecake? LOL.