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

Silver_1

At 12 why is there still a tooth fairy, surely it is only for infant school children?:exclamati

Silver_1

purple.sarah wrote: »

£10 is ridiculous! It sounds like that kid is spoilt! When I was a kid I got 50p-£1 for a tooth. I was perfectly happy with that because I could buy sweeties. If your child doesn't already know, I would tell him the truth, that the tooth fairy is not real, it's just a nice story and a little treat to make him feel better about losing a tooth. If he's the same age as his best friend I bet he does know and is just pushing his luck. Don't be a pushover like his friend's mum. Gently let him know that mummy is not made of money and he should be grateful for what you give him instead of jealous of his friend. Don't try to keep up with the Joneses on this issue or it will just get worse.

WELL SAID same applied when I was a kid

minicooper272

In all fairness, even after I found out the toothfairy didn't exist, my parents still used to leave me some money, so I don't know what's wrong with carrying on with it!

The most I ever got for a tooth was £2 (about 15 years ago) when my mum bought it from me for a science experiment. I had a friend who got £5 for a tooth, which would have bought as many sweets as £10 would today. Mum just told me that this girls parents must give the toothfairy a little extra towards the tooth, but that she didn't, because she didn't want to leave me spoiled.

You can tell him the truth, or you can tell him something like what my parents told me. By the age of 12 though, someone has more than likely told him the truth at school and told him it's an easy way to play you.

Mrs_Frontage

If your son came home and said his best friend had just been given a brand new iPhone ( worth £400) along with a £35 a month contract paid for by the 'tooth fairy' would you do the same?

This is all about peer pressure and when you start on the slippery slope there's no stopping! Good luck!

Cloudane

The tooth fairy pays £10 now?! :eek:

I'm 30, and I used to get 20p. Until I was about 6. (Once when the tooth fairy was poor, I got a shiny 2p with the current year on it - that one was the best!)
Shouldn't really criticise as I'm not a parent, but I'm thinking that could be the road to a slightly spoilt and bratty teenager

ifan.goch

My OH had 3 of his wisdom teeth removed in hospital 25 years ago. When my 4 year old daughter visited she made it quite clear to the doctor on his round that her Dad would need his teeth for the tooth fairy. He duly brought them home, with bits of gum still attached (yuk). My daughter was most impressed when the tooth fairy left £5 per tooth and told everyone all about it as school the following day! :rotfl:

totallybonkers

Tell him that the tooth fairy only pays big money for good quality teeth - the better he looks after them the more she will bring

AJB_Newbie

And so my children always got a foreign coin. That kept the cost down and kept the mystery up.

silverswan

Were his parents the Beckhams by any chance?
You give what you can afford but £10 is excessive. What about the really poor kids in the class? How must they feel at some boy boasting of getting a tenner. Better to teach them the value of money and make it £1 or thereabouts. Small children losing their first teeth at 6 or 7 are hardly likely to appreciate a £10 note anyway, but a 12 year old still believing in the tooth fairy? C'mon.

andysuth

I figured "What can she buy for less than £1"?, The answer was always sweets, and I doubt the tooth fairy would approve of that.

Then I figured she would only lose 20 teeth so I thought a £2 coin (£40 total over 2 years or so) was fair.

It also seemed that a £2 coin was the most interesting of the UK coins with its silver/brass combo.

It also said "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" (Isaac Newton's reference to his achievements being based on his precursors achievements), but I told her that was "Directions to the Tooth Fairy's Castle".

The best bit was recently two of her teeth fell out at the same time, so she still got £2 for the two, saving the tooth fairy £2.

I tell her not to talk about how much she gets from tooth fairy at school, in case someone doesn't get as much: how do you explain that her friend only gets 50p and she gets £2?

-AS