Sign of the Times: Even the Tooth Fairy Is Cutting Back
- Posted on July 28, 2011 at 9:54pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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According to a Visa survey earlier this month, Tooth Fairy rates dropped 40 cents in the last year.
Turns out nothing is safe in this economy, not even the Tooth Fairy.
The Denver Post reports that kids swapping their fallen teeth for cash are netting an average of 40 cents less than what they were getting a year ago. The going rate for a lost tooth is $2.60, down from $3, according to a nationwide Visa poll conducted earlier this month.
In other words, the fairy’s gotten thrifty.
Rates vary across the country, with the lowest average payout in the East. There, children can expect about $2.10, down 38 percent from $3.40 last year. In the South it’s 2.60, down from $3.30, and in the Midwest it’s $2.80, down just 10 cents from $2.90.
The only region where Tooth Fairy’s budget increased was the West, where averages increased from $2.70 to $2.80.
And apparently all teeth are not created equal — according to the Post, molars and front teeth seem to be worth more.
Other findings from the study: 10 percent of children receive no money from the Tooth Fairy, up from 6 percent the year before; 7 percent receive less than one dollar; 29 percent receive $1; 18 percent receive between $2 and $4; and 18 percent receive $5, down from 22 percent last year.
Jason Alderman, Visa’s senior director of financial education, said the poll is a good way to start teaching children about finance.
“The survey gives parents the opportunity to start talking with kids — even pretty little ones — about money management,” Alderman said. “What we have gotten from the Tooth Fairy is seared in our brains. … You probably don’t remember the check that Aunt Edna sent you for your birthday, but you remember how much the Tooth Fairy left you.”
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WillB
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 8:05amwhen hyperinlfation kicks in kids will be getting $38,000 a tooth. Won’t buy a loaf of bread though
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:43amNext, Moochelle Antoinette Obama will be trying to outlaw chocolate Easter Bunnies and chocolate Santas. (except for her own royal offspring, of course)
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:32pmI got a quarter when I was a kid. Down 40¢? How much are kids now a days getting for a lost tooth. No wonder we now live in an entitlement society. lol
:)
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:19pmMy son read that over my shoulder (he’s 12 now) and complained that he was getting 75 cents when his friends were getting 2.00. this was a few years back. I told him I was lucky to get a quarter. Sometimes I only got a dime.
Report Post »BeeAlert
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:43pmI got a dime as a kid, gave my children a quarter! When I remembered to get up in the middle of the night, LOL. The last few teeth, they just came to me in the morning and said “where’s my quarter?” No crying over the death of the tooth fairy in my house!
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:35pmha ha ha ha THE BLAZE said “FAIRY”….
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:41pmNysparkie: You are having a nice day! :D
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:53am@seeker9, I’m with you…I say it’s a free for all! Give the kids 5 bucks a tooth, total anarchy!
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:16amAnd this is why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fu6ok5ykyuQ
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:51amI just threw up watching that video!
Report Post »JERSEYJUDE
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:11amCom’on Really???!! Someone is doing a study on this?? I gave my daughters a quarter. They thought they had a million dollars.
Report Post »mrrandolph
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:07amAdd your comments
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:07am3$, 2.60$ Thats a lot of money for a tooth. My kids get a dollar, and I think that is probably too much. I was thinking of going to 50 cents, and telling them that the tooth fairy is having trouble with money.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:14amParents! You may be eligible for Obama’s new Tooth Coupons. They are designed to prevent using cash for Tooth Fairy funds. Nancy Pelosi will unveil more details in an upcoming press conference.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:38amNEWSFLASH:
Report Post »The Tooth Fairy has been abducted and sent to a FEMA reeducation camp where he will be lobotimized and trained to be an IRS agent toting a 12 guage shotgun. Remember, it’s called “Revenue”.
BOMUSTGO
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:22amThe tooth fairy was seen in a long line for Govenment cheese.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:15amYa, Progressives loves to waste other people’s money.
I heard of a study in which “scientists” found there are more births in areas where there are storks.
I’m not joking.
By the way, isn’t it amazing that these “scientists” almost always find “proof” of exactly what they want to find? They use bogus samples and manipulated statistics. That makes them “corrupt government cronies” and not scientific at all.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:06amThe Tooth Fairy is assigned to the Social Security Administration, and will be subject to ObamaCare in 2014, if a waiver is not granted. The Tooth Fairy would have more funding, but Democrats have been embezzling the fund since Clinton’s administration, and the money is now missing. Unfortunately, there is no provision on the table to fund the Tooth Fairy in the FY 2012 budget.
Call your Congressional Representative and complain.
Just be warned, rumor has it that they’ll only respond with a form email, thanking your for your concern, thereby satisfying the Freedom of Information Act.
Here is a list of obvious truths (obvious, that is, to folks with an IQ higher than room temperature):
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kindling
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:52amI must be abusive, I have never given my children any money for loosing teeth. I have stuck to the truth. No Santa, no Easter bunny either.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:41amWatchout, they’ll be accusing you of child abuse by truth telling.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:11amJust as well. I think the Obama administration has taken over the Easter Bunny business too. It’s a socialist program, run by a new goverment agency, headed by the Easter Bunny Czar, paid for with taxpayer bailout money!
Right now, behind closed doors in dirty backroom deals, Cass Sunstein is working on new regulation to socialize Santa Claus. Rudolf is being defunded unless he converts to Islam, and Frosty the Snowman is about to be banned for being racist. I think Sheila Jackson Lee is in on that deal, but I’m not sure.
A Picture is worth a thousand words:
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nysparkie
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:37pmYA, but do you believe in the Birth Certificate?
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:09amYou gotta be joking! Some one actually tracks this stuff?
Report Post »kindling
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:50amMore of our tax dollars at work!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:06amThis story makes me feel so cheap — I thought that $1.50 was a good payment.
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