My 7 and a half year old is wondering whether I am the one who put the coin under her pillow. Tell me the truth she says Did the tooth fairy really put a coin under my pillow. When I admitted that I did it she looked at me hopefully as she added half questioning half stating that the tooth fairy gave me the coin because she was too tiny to reach under her pillow. Clearly she isn t ready to give up the fantasy yet. So I asked one of my favourite Facebook parenting groups about how to deal