how much does the toothfairy give now?

@winterose (39887)
Canada
March 1, 2008 5:47pm CST
As a child, I loved the tooth fairy just has much as I loved santa, It was so exciting to go to bed with my tooth under my pillow and wake up with a dime, yes a dime! how much money do you guys and gals give the kids now on behave of the tooth fairy?
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@shymurl (2765)
• United States
1 Mar 08
I use to get a quarter when I was younger. Now my kids get $5.00. Yes $5.00 for a tooth. I wonder what its going to be when my kids have kids. Wow what a thought.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
2 Mar 08
I would get 50 cents or a dollar. I am 53 now. Mine got a dollar most times. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
5.00 dollars, hey that is more money then I make in a day lol, these kids of today are too expensive for me.
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• United States
27 Mar 08
FIVE DOLLA ... FIVE DOLLA ... is you crazy? How bout I give you ten cent and you let me hold the tooth for a few minutes? signed, The Tooth Fairy
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
2 Mar 08
Okay now. Remember this would you please.... There is NO such thing as the tooth fairy. the Easter Bunny and Santa both say she/he is a fraud. They only want your enamel is all. HAHAHA!! My kids are 28 and 30 and they would get at least a dollar. Now days my daughetr gives a dollar or two as well. I have known some to give $5. Too much for such a small piece of enamal I feel though. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
me too 5.00 is way too much, I will be 53 on thursday march 6, I got a dime, you got a quarter, wow, you were doing good.
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• United States
27 Mar 08
I suppose when you get to a certain age, you start hoping for the tooth fairy again. lol my dad has just a few teeth left.
• United States
2 Mar 08
I recall getting a dime under my pillow for a tooth. My kids got a quarter or 50 cents. My grandson lost a tooth recently and he got $2.00.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
yep that is in line with what happened in my family too,
• Singapore
2 Mar 08
Hmmm... nothing. I have to say that over here, we don't believe in toothfairies. It is to the dentist if we have a toothache or we pluck out the tooth ourselves. We don't keep the tooth and no toothfairy.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
interesting where is over here lol, toothfairy is just for baby teeth, not adult teeth my the way
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
I was born in 1972, and as a child growing up in Toronto, I recall getting anywhere between 25 and 75 cents per tooth. My older son was born in 1999 and the twins in 2001, and their first tooth lost got them $2 (in coin form... gotta love those toonies! :D ). For each and every other tooth, they get $1 (in loonie form of course! ;) ). I"m thinking that molars will land them a toonie as well, but that will depend on what the tooth fairy has available on those days. One thing I do make sure of, is to NOT have the boys put their teeth under their pillows. Instead, they get a small shallow plastic cup from our kitchen cupboard, and put the tooth in it, on their bedstand. In the morning when they awake, their money is in the cup in replacement of the tooth. I have explained to the boys that the tooth fairy just doesn't have time to try and find the teeth under goodness knows how many pillows each and every night, and so to make her job easier, the cup system works well.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
good thinking, how old are your boys now?
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
The older boy will be 9 in May, and the twins just turned 7 a couple of weeks ago. So our home is in prime tooth outage season. :P
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@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
2 Mar 08
We would give the children a $1 for a tooth...I think my oldest lost her teeth 100 times. It seemed the tooth fairy came every night...LOL...And yes we took the tooth everytime...
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
she had quite a business going there for her.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
3 Mar 08
Well my Kids when they where little certainly got more then I did when I was little lol and I think now the Children get about £2-£3 which is about $4-$6 which is quite a bit actually lol
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@jewel76 (2305)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
I believe that nowadays the tooth fairy leaves credit cards and ipods under the kids' pillows LOL Kidding...my son still has no teeth, so..
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
oh gosh with all those baby teeth, that will get to be very expensive lol
• United States
27 Mar 08
I don't really know. My kids know the toothfairy isn't real and even if I pretend they say "The toothfairy is not real." My oldest son I just gave him a little money as a treat and my other two sons have not lost a tooth yet.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
3 Mar 08
The tooth fairy would leave me and my sister a quarter a tooth. Five dollars seems too much for me, I think that is a bit much - I mean they still are little kids.
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@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
28 Mar 08
Right now the tooth fairy that visits our house gives $1.00. The last visit was in September when my 7 year old lost his first tooth. He hasn't lost any since, but with him and 2 little brothers ages 5 and 2 we should have many visits still to come.
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@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
4 Mar 08
the tooth fairy in this household usualy gives my son around $1.00.sometimes if the tooth fairy has extra funds she will allow 2 dollars.cheers sue
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• United States
27 Mar 08
After you factor in inflation, adjust for the gross margin and incorporate the falling value of the dollar, I think $1.00 is fair. (please don't respond to this unless you realize it is a joke)
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@ruby222 (4847)
27 Mar 08
Oh we did as well ...we used to get so excited...but the tooth fairy used to bring a three penny bit or a sixpence!!I think things are a wee bit different now though..i reckon the tooth fairies probably leave around a £1 just hope that they dont lose too many teeth at once!!
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
2 Mar 08
I guess I may have been excited about getting my nickle or dime when I lost my tooth but I don't recall it being a huge deal. I guess we gave the kids a quarter for the older and up to a dollar when the last one was loosing her teeth. xoxoxoxoxo
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