Comments on: Tooth fairy, what do you charge these days?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:14:26 +0000

I’m 28 and I remember getting 50 cents and I think $1.00 for molars. My question to the parents who are giving there kids $20 - why are you giving them so much? Losing a tooth is not a job. They will grow up thinking they can get money for just about anything. It is just a nice incentive for kids to believe in the tooth fairy as in anything else like the Easter bunny and Santa Clause. When kids are that young 50 cents/$1 should make them feel rich and if they don’t that young there is an issue. When the time comes my child would not be getting paid $20 for something that happens naturally.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:33:53 +0000

My son has only lost two teeth at this point. For the first one (since it is more special) he received $5 and a really cool new toothbrush and toothpaste (ones that he had never seen before). Then for the second, $1. I just can’t believe that kids are getting $20 or more for a tooth.

By: rachel

rachel — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:52:26 +0000

My kids found out about the tooth fairy at the age of four they are always trying to lose teeth by eating apples
everytime they lodse teeth the tooth fairy gives them fifty cents to the big kids and two dollars to the little ones

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:02:30 +0000

$5.00 for the first tooth and $1 for the others. But there is a catch in our house, the tooth fairy gives nothing for a tooth with a cavity…why would she?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:44:13 +0000

Our Kids, we have 3, get $5.00 for the first tooth and 3 for each after that, however I did break dow and give our oldest son $5.00 for the last tooth he lost; since he had to have it pulled.

By: Alysa

Alysa — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:43:02 +0000

i got my daughter a new bike when she lost her first set of teeth than with each tooth she lost i got her a barbie.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:46:58 +0000

$5.00 is way too much per tooth. Multiply that by 24 teeth…that’s one rich mouthful. I have been giving $2.00 per tooth and my oldest son was quite happy with that. My youngest hasn’t started losing any yet but I will do the same for him.
I laughed when I read the one post about getting the bills out of the wallet in the dark..I remember when I was younger I woke up to a $50 bill..(In canada they are red) …and at the time the $2.00 bills were very similar…my Dad grabbed the wrong one out of his wallet… I was sooo happy when I woke up to that and my Dad was trying so hard to tell me that the tooth fairy made a BIG mistake..

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:21:31 +0000

I usually give my child anywhere from $1-$5. One night I forgot to leave money since I work night shift. When I called her to get ready for school, she came to me crying. I asked what was the matter and she said the Toothfairy did not leave her anything. She made me feel so guilty that I decided to go and purchase a Nintendo DS game. She was so excited the next evening, but since I have two smaller children, I hope they do not remember this and also expect more than money for their teeth.

By: Leslie Houk

Leslie Houk — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:00:10 +0000

Both my kids, 11 and 6 get a gold plated “$1.00″ piece. The “golden dollar coins” come only from the tooth fairy and I keep a supply hidden for short notice where the kids never see them. They are special and the kids never see these $1.00 coins except from the tooth fairy. It was a tradition that was started by grandma and I have continued. The golden coins make it exciting and very special for my kids.

By: Ondreana

Ondreana — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:55:40 +0000

I have 5 children and it is not the money that we go crazy for it is the lost of the tooth and they are growing up and that is one of the steps. But in our house it is a $1 per tooth and I have to remember to call her and let her know she needs to come. That is cause she has so many children in the world.