For a year full of questions from our kids (“Will Santa still be able to visit me in the season of coronaviruses? What if he can’t go to someone’s house or get close to his reindeer?”), Adults around the world have understanding that embracing science does not mean giving up the magic of childhood.
Dr. Anthony Fauci assured children that he vaccinated Santa against COVID-19.
Last spring, when she implemented nationwide restrictions that successfully controlled the spread of COVID-19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed issues that plagued her youngest constituents: “You’ll be glad to know that we have both the tooth fairy and the the Easter bunny to be essential workers, ”she said.
And last month, in Prince George in western Canada, Vice President Shandee Whitehead faced a tooth fairy crisis when five-year-old Gavin Jensen lost his front tooth … twice
“I don’t know if it fell back or forward; we were looking for it when I was out,” Jensen said.
“When I entered the class, he was actually quite upset,” said Whitehead. “We looked at the ceiling, we looked at the floor, we looked to the left, we looked to the right.”
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Since the start of the pandemic, our children have had to go through many changes, making it more important than ever for them to know that there are some things they can always bring to the bank.
So, like Mary Poppins, Whitehead reached into her magical bag of tricks and pulled out a form letter to the tooth fairy that a parent had given her two years earlier.
“I confirmed it was actually lost,” Whitehead explained.
She wrote on official school paper:
Despite the heroic efforts of an intrepid search team, we were unable to recover [the tooth]As a trained vice principal and hobby dentist, I can verify that there is definitely a hole in Gavin’s teeth that was not there this morning when he came in. Accept this letter as an official verification of a lost tooth and provide the standard money exchange rate you normally use for a real tooth. “
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‘When I woke up in the morning, the tooth fairy really came! Jensen said. And I have the coin! It was a gold and a silver! ‘
Whitehead ended her letter with a PS:
“I’m still waiting for the money for my 2000 wisdom teeth. Please pay as soon as possible. I have to pay bills. ‘
“I had my wisdom teeth pulled and I got nothing!” she said.
A sweet reminder that by keeping magic alive for our kids, we keep it alive for ourselves too.
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Story produced by Jon Carras. Editor: Chad Cardin.