Real life MMD: Is the Tooth Fairy subject to inflation?

JonathanA

Blimey! My kids got £1 for their first tooth, and 50p for any others. My daughter is now 11, and was told last year that the tooth fairy doesn't really exist, so no more money for her, but she knows not to let the cat out of the bag to my 8 yr old son... And I thought 50p per tooth was generous, make no wonder they kept trying to persuade me their friends got more...

floydy17

A tenner?! No way. It's always been a coin so I reckon a nice shiny £2 should be plenty. That said, I agree with others that 12 is too old for the tooth fairy. We carried on until each of our three kids had finished primary school - though of course they'd sussed the tooth fairy scam anyway by the time they were 8 or 9.

portlandboy

If this isn't the first one, what did the "tooth fairy" give for the others?
If it is the first then £10 for a tooth is going to rush you about £250 in total!!! Why not teach the kid about money and how to haggle? Get the fairy to offer a bulk deal, putting the money into a childs ISA.
Our "fairy" has always left £1 per tooth, so at a tenner I think someone's on the fiddle here.

PS. Last month I had my leg amputated. If a tooth is worth £10 and I'd put that leg under my pillow, on a pro-rata basis I'd be a millionaire!

Cimscate

That is a slippery slope, give in to it and you'll have to match what his friend gets for Xmas, Birthdays etc. Tell him the tooth fairy only gives what Mummy and Daddy can afford - 10p is reasonable in my opinion!!:beer:

Saturnalia

There's no way the lad believes in tooth fairies at 12!:rotfl:

Either he's made up the tale about his mate getting £10-a-tooth to see if you'll fall for it, or his friend has made it up to see if your lad will fall for it!

The tooth fairy herself is more likely to exist than the tenner in question!

Lynocat

My son, now 12 and minus all baby teeth, got corgi type planes at .99p each from Tesco which he thought was brill and he was the envy of his friends! My daughter, 7 and slowly losing teeth, is getting a £1.00 with an occasional car/plane when I am more prepared! At the end of the day, the child isn't doing anything to merit a reward so I do think £10 for losing a tooth is a bit extreme and contributing to the something for nothing society. Maybe if it was for being brave at the dentist whilst one was pulled but even then I would have thought £5.00 would suffice.

Pamelamac

My daughter lost her first baby tooth, naturally, at 3 yrs 9 months. We gave her a £2 coin from the 'tooth fairy'. When she lost the next one I thought, £2 for the first and £1 thereafter. However, the morning after she lost the second tooth she came into us in tears saying the tooth fairy only left her £1....she thought she was out of favour. In an attempt to console her I went into her room with a £1 coin in my pocket and rumaged around on the floor under her bed saying...it must have dropped and produced the extra £1. However, that was it - £2 ever after. She has an extremely active mouth and lost all her first teeth before she was 10. My son, now 7, has never believed in the tooth fairy, it just didn't ring true with him. He gets £2 per tooth.

This 12 yr old does not believe, he is pulling a fast one. What did he get for the previous teeth? I'm sure him and his mate have been chatting and comparing notes. They've probably decided that if you don't ask you don't get. Don't give in.

Seakay

I used to get sixpence for a tooth which initially was double my 3d pocket money. (born 1962). post decimalisation I got 5p although I think my pocket money had gone up by then.
By the time I was in 'big school' (1972-3) I wasn't getting tooth fairy money at all, because while as a girl it was considered ok to debate the existance of fairies generally, no one believed in the tooth fairy any more than they did Father Christmas

weefatbob

My toothfairy got my siblings and I treats like a torch, a book, a doll, or a silver bookmark. I never got money, but these memorable treats have lasted a lifetime. Mind, it was more tricky for my parents to place them under the pillow!

:money:

digital

£10!!?

Sounds like weak parenting to me.