My 6-year-old son lost his first baby tooth last month. My husband and I had never really talked to him about the tooth fairy — he’s our oldest, so it was the first lost tooth for us too. But later ...

When it comes to childhood magic, parents face an onslaught of obstacles involved in keeping up the ruse. My son’s first loose tooth popped out right before bedtime, and of course neither my wife or I ...

"OH, NOOO!" my 7-year-old son recently shrieked from his bedroom in the middle of the night, the walls echoing with his sobs. I jumped out of bed half asleep, racing in with all my might, terrified of ...

My brother, “Steve,” is a very practical man. He’s a good father but he’s not very sentimental and I would never expect him to do things like Elf on the Shelf hijinks or sprinkling fairy dust when the ...

2."My son refused to let Santa, the Easter Bunny, or the tooth fairy in the house. He would cry and get so nervous and anxious. The tooth fairy left the money in the mailbox. I still have his little ...

Your little one just lost a tooth, so you know what that means! It’s time to bring to life one of the most beloved white lies in a parent’s playbook: the tooth fairy. But as you convince your ...

Captain Josh Duchow penned a special letter after noticing the South Carolina girl was upset about losing her tooth mid-flight Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has ...

"Why was she acting this way when a childhood myth had been busted? When she just discovered she'd been lied to for a decade?" This, I have interpreted as when something absolutely goes to sh*t, use ...

Evolette, 7, told her mom that she wanted a mask for the Tooth Fairy partly because "she has to enter my 6ft bubble to get the tooth from under my pillow" Even the Tooth Fairy is taking the right ...

"[The tooth fairy] flew in literally on a plane," the star joked while speaking to PEOPLE exclusively at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards ...