Tooth Fairy leaving a fraction of what she used to under pillows: report
At the ground level, there are precious few economic indicators that actually resonate.
Indeed, even at the height of the recession, you couldn’t quite get a sense of the economy by sticking your head out the door, which is to that if you didn’t lose your job or house and your neighbour didn’t lose his job or house, you might’ve looked at headlines in the Wall Street Journal and went, “I don’t get what all this fuss is about.”
Yet while today’s lingering economic slump doesn’t bear the same dramatics of, say, soup lines during the Great Depression, there are plenty of ways it hits home.
Like, say, the amount of cash the Tooth Fairy’s left under your kid’s pillow.
According to what we imagine is the most scientific of polls from the Delta Dental Plans Association, the cash reward for a yanked tooth today is just a shell of what it once was.
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Over the past year, the average reimbursement left behind by the Tooth Fairy was $2.10 per tooth, down 42 cents from 2010.
From $2.52 per tooth, that’s a 17 per cent drop, one of the largest dips since the poll was first taken in 1998.
“Like many … the Tooth Fairy needed to tighten her belt in 2011, but she’s hopeful for a recovery this year,” a rep for the Delta Dental Plans Association said.
The most common gift for a tooth, Delta found in its study of 1,355 parents, was one dollar.
Of course, like any provider of a resource, in this case teeth, children are no fools these days. They know the world, they know inflation – they want more.
According to the poll, despite falling reward value, kids actually expect more money in return for each tooth they lose after their first one.
Posted by: Elmo | Feb 26, 2022 4:55:17 PM
Children are no fools these days. They know the world, they know inflation – they want more.
Kids actually expect more money in return for each tooth they lose after their first one.
Excuse me !! Pardon me !! Say again !! WTF !! Since when do "kids" know the world ? Since when do "kids" know about inflation ? Today's teenagers (and even some of their parents) don't know about either one, let alone "kids"... unless it's texted to them on their little hand-held toys. This generation of me-me-me-me may want more and they may expect more... however, even at let's say $3. per tooth x 28 = $84. They better put those 84 loonies into a high yield savings account because, unless they have a dental plan at work, it's going to cost 'em a hell of alot more later on... and the tooth fairy won't be around dishing out free cash.