Tooth Fairy feels the pinch of inflation
Categories: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, In The News
When it comes to inflation, even the Tooth Fairy isn't immune. A recent poll of just under 700 parents found that the average amount paid per tooth has risen from $1.71 last year to $2.09 this year. Most parents report putting $1 under their child's pillow, but more parents are now paying $5 per tooth. The most paid per tooth was $50, while frugal parents paid only a nickel for lost teeth. Fifty dollars? Really?As far as I can tell, we've got about a year before we have to deal with the Tooth Fairy. When the time comes, I think I'll probably be the $1 sort of parent. But who knows? As my kids get older, I may slip a $5 in there now and then. What about you? How much does the Tooth Fairy leave under your child's pillow?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Heather 2-24-2008 @ 9:51AM
We're almost at this point and have begun thinking a bit about this. I think what we will do is lay in a small stash of special coins, of the $1 variety, and place one of those per tooth beneath his pillow. In the past, he's been thrilled at the novelty of those and it will allow us to be special and frugal at the same time.
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Bethany Sanders 2-24-2008 @ 9:52AM
Great idea, Heather! I may have to steal that one...
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Judy 2-24-2008 @ 10:40AM
I have no idea what we will do when my boys start losing their teeth. It will probably be $5.
With my daughter, her dad (my ex) and I got into this stupid war about it. She lost a tooth with us, and she got a dollar coin, then he kept trying to one-up us with everything, and so he gave her a $20 when she lost a tooth at his house, and was so smug about it. A few days later she lost another tooth with us, and so we slipped her a gold coin, worth several hundred dollars. (No she didn't get to spend it - it's put away in a safe place.)
That stopped the war.
I think it's also how she figured out the truth about the tooth fairy.
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bremarie03 2-24-2008 @ 11:52AM
We normally do a dollar per tooth, but the tooth fairy has been forgetful lately, so when it took her three nights to remember to stop by our house, she left a fiver to make up for it.
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