So, the Tooth Fairy left a $5 bill for the traumatic tooth loss. Will was greatly disappointed; his heart was set on a coin and it didn’t seem to matter that this $5 could be used to buy another Bakugan. After Will’s dejected announcement of no coin, I went up to make the bed and discovered a silver dollar in the crack between the mattress and the frame of the trundle bed. Whew! I called Will up and he pepped up with the knowledge that the Tooth Fairy had indeed brought a coin.
A week later, Will lost another tooth; this time through natural causes. It fell out while he was eating a French fry at the Lobster Pool. We searched the ground and had nearly given up, when his aunt found the tooth. Learning from the first event, the Tooth Fairy left another coin. The next morning, Will was sad: She hadn’t made his secret wish come true. We then discussed the virtues and abilities and limitations of the Tooth Fairy. Perhaps she had left money for Will to put toward buying another Bakugan. She only works in cash; she doesn’t have a workshop like Santa. Does she?
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tooth Fairy Economics
The Tooth Fairy is struggling today. She has been kind to Will with the first two teeth he lost. She apparently knows that Will has started a coin collection; she’s made a great effort to find a couple cool coins for the first two tooth deposits. And, she has probably been doing some coin research for the anticipated third tooth that can move to 45 degrees out from the upright vertical position. At 90 degrees, she knows it’s time for action: finding the perfect coin.
As a mom new to the tooth-loss era, I wasn’t sure what Will should expect from the tooth fairy. Do kids still get a quarter for each tooth? A dollar? Does the tooth fairy leave more for molars? Do kids at school compare tooth fairy loot?
But a new question arose today: If there is great trauma involved in tooth loss, is that particular tooth worth more? Say, for instance, if in a stuffed animal fight, your little brother accidentally picks up a flash light and throws it at you, knocking out a still tight baby tooth, leaving blood cascading down your chin… well, what then? Hopefully she’ll work out the answer to that little scenario before Will puts the envelope containing his tooth under his pillow, complete with the note: “Will’s third tooth, inadvertently knocked out by a flashlight…”
She has a couple hours to come up with an answer. I hope she’s a clever gal; she can’t make it to the local coin store before it closes today. I sense she will go with great trauma in tooth loss = greater monetary value for that particular tooth. It only makes sense… right?
:)
Linda
As a mom new to the tooth-loss era, I wasn’t sure what Will should expect from the tooth fairy. Do kids still get a quarter for each tooth? A dollar? Does the tooth fairy leave more for molars? Do kids at school compare tooth fairy loot?
But a new question arose today: If there is great trauma involved in tooth loss, is that particular tooth worth more? Say, for instance, if in a stuffed animal fight, your little brother accidentally picks up a flash light and throws it at you, knocking out a still tight baby tooth, leaving blood cascading down your chin… well, what then? Hopefully she’ll work out the answer to that little scenario before Will puts the envelope containing his tooth under his pillow, complete with the note: “Will’s third tooth, inadvertently knocked out by a flashlight…”
She has a couple hours to come up with an answer. I hope she’s a clever gal; she can’t make it to the local coin store before it closes today. I sense she will go with great trauma in tooth loss = greater monetary value for that particular tooth. It only makes sense… right?
:)
Linda
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