Tucked into bed, Jenny asked. “Mother, tell me about The Tooth Fairy Legend again.” “All right, Jenny. Long ago, people believed in evil spirits and feared them.

Little Hallister Senn, 8, wrote a letter to the tooth fairy on July 31 asking her to increase the amount she left for his tooth from $1 to $5 because he “worked so hard to pull it out.” ...

It found the average value of a lost tooth in 2023 sits at $6.23, a number that left many parents wide-eyed and joking that the Tooth Fairy at their homes is helping bring that average down.

The going rate per tooth is $5.84, but some parents are shelling out $100 and iPhones for molars. This has gone too far. We need collective action.

And if the tooth fairy had any questions or concerns, Mrs. Roth would be happy to address them. "It's just what you do for them when you're a teacher. You do what makes your students happy.

According to Hingston, the Tooth Fairy is a wholly American creation, an amalgamation of the traditions other cultures, blended together and sparked up with a bit of Disney magic.