I attempt to keep away from grumbling about “Again in MY day” too usually since it will all the time find yourself in a darkish place the place I am attempting to elucidate to Gen Z folks that Fred Durst was, like, actually, actually well-known for just a few years.
However after I learn in Axios that the going fee per tooth from the Tooth Fairy is $5.84, effectively, I almost choked on my Werther’s Authentic.
Frankly, the Tooth Fairy value is simply too rattling excessive.
This is the even worse information: In keeping with Delta Dental, which offered the analysis, that is down from final yr, which peaked at $6.23. (I am not sure how this bodes for the financial system at massive.)
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Again in MY day, you have been fortunate in case you acquired greater than 1 / 4!
The Wall Street Journal lately reported that some dad and mom are shelling out $100 payments or Louis Vuitton bracelets. One dentist mentioned he is heard of Tooth Fairies that depart an iPhone below the pillow for a misplaced incisor.
These dad and mom are following a development of doing massive celebrations for not simply milestones like Candy 16s or graduations, however “inchstones” like a misplaced tooth.
I at present work as a helper for the Tooth Fairy (who may be very actual, to any youngsters who’re studying) for my 7-year-old, who has misplaced 4 tooth to date. I settled on $5, which I believed was typical. In hindsight, I used to be giving him the brief shift — within the Northeast, the place I dwell, the going fee is even greater at $6.84, based on the report.
My son did point out to me that he had heard that different youngsters acquired $20 from the Tooth Fairy, which I kind of disregarded. I might be stunned if his mates have been visited by such a excessive curler Fairy. (Children lose 20 tooth over time, which might make this a $400 payout.)
There may be one other situation that appears extra more likely to me (and occurred to at the least one mother or father, as reported within the New York Post): In our more and more cashless lives, the dad and mom scrambled round of their wallets and could not discover smaller payments.
Right here is my proposal. Dad and mom have to band collectively to cease the insanity. We’d like collective motion — solidarity towards the Tooth Fairy’s extreme greed!
Let’s agree to return to $1 per tooth — the wise resolution.
