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Do children still put their tooth under their pillow and wake up to find the tooth fairy has left them a coin?

When I was a child a tooth would pay 25 cents. Would buy a bag of chips,  a soda and ice cream cone. A tooth must pay a lot more now.

Posted - March 25, 2019
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  • 10635
    You... you got money for your teeth???  Wow!  My mom just took ours and stuck then in an old aspirin bottle. When I cleaned out her house a few years back I found that she still had them (ew!).
      March 25, 2019 10:25 AM MDT
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  • 469
    Yes they do, but they make a buck a tooth now.  Some get more if they're lucky.  
      March 25, 2019 10:37 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    Same when I was a kid, but I think the going rate is $1.00 now.
      March 25, 2019 2:14 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    To Natz and SpunkySenior...Inflation!!
    It'll BITE you in your wallet, everytime!!!

    I did. And yes, I hope they do.
      March 25, 2019 3:49 PM MDT
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  • I can't say with certainty that I know, but I think it is still a practice for children to leave a tooth under the pillow in return for money.  However I do  believe the exchange rate has increased substantially through the years.  Sadly I have outgrown all my baby teeth at this point.  You should see what I have to do under a pillow now just to get cash.  Geesh! This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 25, 2019 5:21 PM MDT
      March 25, 2019 4:06 PM MDT
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  • "You should see what I have to do under a pillow now just to get cash. "
      March 25, 2019 5:21 PM MDT
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  • My grandson does, and his grandfather tooth fairy leaves him the highest denomination coin, and sometimes a higher denomination note, which he saves in his piggy bank to buy his transformer toy. 
      March 25, 2019 5:54 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    Today it's a $5 or $10 bill.   But yes, it is still a thing.
      March 25, 2019 11:16 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    That's pretty good. Kids must have formed a union demanding higher pay.
      March 26, 2019 4:35 AM MDT
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  • 17592
    No, it's just the stupidity of parents. 
      March 26, 2019 3:00 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Well  $5 maybe but $10 seems a little much. 
      March 26, 2019 5:33 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    it does
      March 26, 2019 10:07 PM MDT
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