# Tooth Fairy Rates **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432 "2005-09-13T15:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/1 "2005-09-13T15:40:53Z")
My son had to have a tooth pulled yesterday, so we got into a discussion of the Tooth Fairy. We asked if he knew who the Tooth Fairy was, and he replied “I put my tooth under my pillow and he’ll brings me a quarter?” (He learned of the Tooth Fairy from _Santa Clause II_, apparently. I always thought the Tooth Fary was a chick.) The chests of the moths in my wallet swelled with pride at my boy’s low financial expectations. I went on to tell him that discussing Tooth Fairy payoffs at school is one of the worst things he could do, and that if the Tooth Fairy finds out about it, he’ll start leaving Dog Biscuts instead of quarters. So, I know 25 cents is lowballing the kid, but how long do I have to go until he gets a “merit raise”? Will he outgrow the Tooth Fairy before then? He’s 5 now, and just started Kindergarten. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/2 "2005-09-13T15:49:16Z")
I used to get a quarter. Maybe a Sacajawea would be more in keeping with the times? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/3 "2005-09-13T15:53:02Z")
TF leaves Saccies for my kids. Their kinda unusual and and mystical and, hey, they’re a buck! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/4 "2005-09-13T16:02:49Z")
“Hey Mom! The Tooth Fairy left me the dealer button from poker night!” 😃 But you’re saying rate increase immediately, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/5 "2005-09-13T16:17:46Z")
I’d say yes, but then again my son never wanted ANY coinage - he preferred dollar bills. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/6 "2005-09-13T16:20:38Z")
Back in my day, it was 1 tooth = 1 Star Wars Action Figure. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/7 "2005-09-13T16:26:50Z")
Our daughter has an appointment to get 2 wisdom teeth pulled soon. I know she won’t have the teeth, and she WILL be 18 years old, but I’d really like to screw with her head and leave maybe $5 per tooth under her pillow. Maybe put the cash in an envelope with a note and some fairy dust (glitter). 😃 That’s a little over the top, but I figure it’ll give her a little, painful smile to start her day with. My mom used to drop cicada wings (I don’t even want to know where she got them. She must’ve had a stash of 'em!) on the bed when she’d leave the money from the ‘tooth fairy’. It was cool. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-fairy-rates/321432/8 "2005-09-13T16:54:07Z")
I give Sac dollars