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Do you remember when you figured out the Tooth Fairy wasn't real? I'm sorry if it just happened when you read that opening sentence. It's true, the Tooth Fairy isn't real. It's just a fun way for adults to buy children's teeth. Being a parent is hard, you gotta get your kicks where you can. Like these parents who used the tooth fairy to teach their son a lesson about dental hygiene — and actually withheld payment until his next tooth fell out in better "condition."
But then you have kids who like to ruin all the fun by being too smart for their own good. Twitter user @RogueDadMD announced to his followers that his 9-year-old son had ruined his fun by figuring out the lie through some incredible deductive reasoning:
Just learned our 9y/o did an experiment on us. Lost tooth, told no one for 3d, kept tooth under his pillow. No $. Then he tells us he lost the tooth, next night there is money under his pillow. Then confronted us with his scientific evidence that the tooth fairy isn't real.
He already told my wife he has plans to decide if the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus are real, so definitely major problems coming! On a semi-serious note, I've always wondered if believing in Santa etc as kids leads people to doubt the existence of God later
Whoa, this is getting deep. And an interesting study into "ruining stuff" traditions:
Ha! I’m Muslim and never believed in Santa. In fact, the first and only time I got called to the principal’s office was because I told my Christian classmates he wasn’t real in the first grade. I still believe in God though!
I grew up in 100% Muslim home, didn't celebrate any Christian holidays, but tooth fairy did visit us and Halloween was a must. My wife is Christian so my kids get visits from the creatures that hated me
There were a few people who disagreed with the kid's scientific methods. They didn't go far enough:
yeah my only critique would be that he should've done it for a few teeth to see if his results held! But what kid can delay gratification? I'm 33 and I barely can. Clearly your son is a natural scientist!
Now you get to explain Schrodinger's Tooth and waveform collapse by external observation. Even if you tell the complete truth he won't ever believe you.
Then someone pointed out this is exactly what scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson encouraged his kid to do to uncover the mystery of the Tooth Fairy—test your subjects.
A deduction worthy of a world-renowned scientist. But you forgot one thing kid.
Now that you know there's no Tooth Fairy, you don't get the $$$.
A real genius would have kept milking his parents for cash until all their baby teeth were good and gone.
