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Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate
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| Posted by: James |
4/15/2008 10:44 AM |
As my youngest daughter is just getting her baby teeth in this week, it got me to thinking about our soon-to-be-eligible-for-free-money elder daughter. I’m assuming that the tooth fairy will be visiting our house within a year or so and was wondering what exactly is the going rate on teeth these days? Is it still a quarter since kids that age don’t have a grasp of what the actual value of money is? Or has the price of a tooth gone up to a crisp dollar bill? Has the rising cost of oil bumped up the price to an insane five dollars per tooth? Is the preferred placement of this mouth bone subsidy still under the pillow?
While I’m inclined to give my daughters shiny quarters for losing their baby teeth, it obviously can’t be a new quarter from a state I haven’t added to my collection yet. If the Tooth Fairy dares to stick an Alaska state quarter before there is one in my book, I’ll have to pull the old switcheroo under the cover of darkness and replace it with a shiny almost-new quarter from Utah or Wyoming.
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Re: Cold Hard Cash - by definition |
By Syl on
4/15/2008 11:49 AM |
| A fifty cent piece for regular incisor types and shiny dollar coin for molar types. They're out there. |
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By Tim V. on
4/15/2008 12:15 PM |
| I've done the shiny dollar coin and it's worked great. It's only a dollar for me, and my daughter thought it was a mystical gold boullion or something "hidden treasure" like. She loved it. A quarter would have not had the same effect. |
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By Erich on
4/15/2008 1:38 PM |
| My sister went with .50 cent pieces. She bought this little pillow that had a cloth tooth sewn onto it that had a "pocket" where the tooth was placed. Then when the tooth fairy came calling, it was easy to snatch said pillow, swap the tooth for the cash and high tail it outta town..... |
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By JA3 on
4/15/2008 1:40 PM |
| I like both Sylvia's and Tim V's ideas. It would be cool to do Ike dollar coins, but the new presidential series will be easier to come by and probably more impressive to the recipient. |
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By Milo on
4/15/2008 2:06 PM |
| waaay back when the 7 yr old was 5 or so and started losing her teeth, a shiny fitty cent piece or dollar coin was sufficient. Now, with her losing the last of her teeth, we are up to $5 and if she gets 100% on her spelling tests, she gets a webkin. This may sound excessive, but here are a sampling of the spelling words - respiratory, trachea, bronchioles, pulmonary. she is 7 yrs old and in second grade. Division and multiplication are also part of the fun. |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Muuurph on
4/15/2008 2:48 PM |
| $1 coins are the way to go. Especially now that they look like they're made of gold .................................... Funny story about the tooth fairy; My cousin's husband once, while half asleep put a ten spot under pillow instead of the standard dollar bill. Of course they then had to say they got a note for m the tooth fairy explaining that he'd need the money to give to other children or some such BS and had the kid put the 10 back under his pillow to be exchanged for a $1 the next night. .................................................................................<br><br>Milo: You are spoiling the hell out of your daughter. $5 for a friggin tooth?? My kids are expected to get 100s on their spelling tests and math quizzes. They don't get rewarded for doing what is expected. Strap a set on son. |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Muuurph on
4/15/2008 5:12 PM |
| $1 coins are the way to go. Especially now that they look like they're made of gold .................................... Funny story about the tooth fairy; My cousin's husband once, while half asleep put a ten spot under pillow instead of the standard dollar bill. Of course they then had to say they got a note for m the tooth fairy explaining that he'd need the money to give to other children or some such BS and had the kid put the 10 back under his pillow to be exchanged for a $1 the next night. .................................................................................<br><br>Milo: You are spoiling the hell out of your daughter. $5 for a friggin tooth?? My kids are expected to get 100s on their spelling tests and math quizzes. They don't get rewarded for doing what is expected. Strap a set on son. |
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No freebies - make 'em earn it. |
By The General on
4/15/2008 6:42 PM |
| For $5/tooth, I would have taken a hammer to my chops, hit the jackpot, and bought a new stereophonic Hi-Fi for my Olivia Newton-John collection of 45's... we didn't do the Tooth Fairy with (my) James because we didn't want him to equate being visited by a fairy with earning money. I think that's the mis-step that sent a young Erich down the path towards male prostitution. |
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By Milo on
4/15/2008 9:14 PM |
| Muuuuuuuurph - did you see those words?! There are times I have to break out the old Webster to see what the hell they mean. If her tests were cat, dog, house, I'm with ya, but these are crazy. Then add in the f'in spanish, division and multiplication and we are talking mucho work. But, yes, I do spoil all of them, so fuck you, I do it now while the little shit is cheap. |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Syl on
4/16/2008 10:24 AM |
| I would've chipped out my brother's tooth for $5.00 (as a big brother, he would've already taken mine...)...................................................................................................................................................<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>The only time I got any sort of moetary pay out for grades/scores was a lovely $5 bill for straight As in 11th grade. It went fast. |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Erich on
4/16/2008 10:48 AM |
| Sadly, now when I visit the fairy, I have to pay him $20.... :( |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Muuurph on
4/16/2008 2:43 PM |
| Milo: Hey do what you want, just wondering how you're going to handle it when she wants a new Lexus for her 16th, because after all she passed Drivers Ed! I'm not a believer in giving money for good grades, as I think the kid should learn that a good grade is the reward for hard work, and that should be enough. But I don't agree with lots of what parents do these days, like sending kids to Montessori schools, giving a trophy to every kids that participates, etc. I don't think those methods prepare the children well for the harsh reality of the real working world. But everyone has to raise their kids as they see best. I have two boys, so this doesn't apply to me, but I hear convents are a good option for teenage daughters. ...................................................................................... If you think the words are too tough, talk to her teacher. BTW, looking at those words I think you're getting what you asked for when you sent her to medical school for 2nd grade. |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By James on
4/16/2008 7:58 PM |
| Gotta disagree with you on the Montessori thing, Murph. Ally has flourished in that system and Katie will be starting in it next year. |
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By Milo on
4/16/2008 8:05 PM |
| Murph - I agree with the trophy for everything idea, kids have to learn there is a winner and loser. We send the kids to Montessori for 1 year, then they start all day preK at 4 years old. We have had two kids in my oldest daughters 2nd grade class leave and go back to public school, where they could EASILY transfer to 4th grade. Our private school is a bitch but as long as my kids love to go there, I'll do whatever it takes to keep them there. Our public schools are some of the best in the state and I still hate them and I went to them!<br>I don't need a convent, I have access to items only double secret agents get and I have a shovel, and will soon have a 3rd grade doctor! |
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Re: Cold Hard Cash |
By Syl on
4/17/2008 10:43 AM |
| $20 Erich (?) -- why, that's a freakin' BAHgain! |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Muuurph on
4/17/2008 2:18 PM |
| James: I know you have Ally in Montessori. The problems never occur during the time they're in Montessori. It's making the adjustment to having a teacher who directs the class and expects the children do things when they're told to that many times makes life harder on the kids (and the teachers). Going from an unstructured environment to a structured one can be problematic. Pre-school probably isn't as big a deal as having them go there for kindergarten and then switch in 1st grade. ...................................................................................................... Anyway, I'm sure your kids (and Milo's) would flourish in any system; Montessori, structured, private, public, hippie commune, whatever. Because the parents are taking an active interest in their child's education. When it comes right down to it that's all that really matters (and keeping the lil ones away from pedophiles). |
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Re: Tooth to Cold Hard Cash exchange rate |
By Milo on
4/17/2008 3:14 PM |
| I wonder if that is all Montessori, and yes, I know it is a system. However, we have visited 3 and one was definately way over the top in what you describe Murph. As soon as we walked out, I thought daughter #2 would have this place burnt down inside of a week! The one we attend now is a nice balance between structured and unstructured. |
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