Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Another Reason for Family Planning

Today's dailymail.co.uk gave me new material to ponder and it's this - the Tooth Fairy is now paying on average $13.25 per tooth in New York.  Assuming that each child loses 10 teeth (I have no idea whatsoever how many baby teeth a typical child loses) then one child will cost the Tooth Fairy - that's you, by the way - the Tooth Fairy is much like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny in that it (your choice, female or male) doesn't exist.  One child = a total expenditure of $132.50 times four kids = $530.  That's New York prices.

Across the country we see these statistics.  Chicago - $5.85 per tooth. Dallas and Houston $5.28; Boston $5.02  The grand total last year was $225 MILLION spent by Tooth Fairies across our fair land.  Here in Los Angeles, it's $9.69 per tooth. 

The average tooth price by region:
Midwest $2.83
Northeast $4.16
West $4.68
South $5.16

The only even partial way to save money is to teach your children that for the first five teeth, they get umgots (nothing.)  The sixth tooth brings money and they get to keep the tooth.  I would suggest that if you have an uncannily smart kid, that you grab your nail polish and make a mark on it so that ... payment doesn't... somehow get duplicated. 

 

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