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Parents explain why tooth fairy's putting 379% more money under kids' pillows today than 25 year ago

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Everyone is feeling the pinch of inflation, even the tooth fairy, according to a recent survey.The Original Tooth Fairy Poll from a dental insurance company shows the average national cash gift from the tooth fairy has hit a record $6.23 per tooth.Delta Dental of Illinois has been analyzing the tooth fairy's giving trends in the United States for 25 years.Since the poll's inception, the average cash gift has surged 379% from $1.30 per tooth in 1998 to $6.23 this year.If the same growth rate continues for the next quarter century, the tooth fairy can expect to place $30 under the pillow for a single tooth in 2048.Naperville, Illinois, mother of two Karin Barden suspects the 2023 figure is high because other tooth fairies carry no wallet cash and the local ATM only dispenses $20 bills.Barden doesn't have to worry.Her family's tooth fairy obtained a stack of $2 bills from the bank when her oldest child's first tooth was loose.The first one was wiggly for days, she said, but now a tooth can fall out at dinner, she said. With two kids losing teeth at the same time, the secret stash comes in handy, she said.A father of four kids, Naperville City Councilman Holzhauer said his family's tooth fairy is very busy and sometimes forgetful.One time it took a month — and a note from the child — for the fairy to remember, he said.Typically, children in the Holzhauer household get&nbsp;$1.

Everyone is feeling the pinch of inflation, even the tooth fairy, according to a recent survey.The Original Tooth Fairy Poll from a dental insurance company shows the average national cash gift from the tooth fairy has hit a record $6.23 per tooth.Delta Dental of Illinois has been analyzing the tooth fairy's giving trends in the United States for 25 years.Since the poll's inception, the average cash gift has surged 379% from $1.30 per tooth in 1998 to $6.23 this year.If the same growth rate continues for the next quarter century, the tooth fairy can expect to place $30 under the pillow for...

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Parents explain why tooth fairy's putting 379% more money under kids' pillows today than 25 year ago

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