TOOTH IS OUT ON RISING PRICES
Kids are dodging cost of living squeeze as the tooth fairy ups pay outs for gnashers
MUMS and dads might be struggling against the rising cost of living and low wages.
But the rate paid by the tooth fairy for baby teeth is going up.
Researchers found the value of nippers’ gnashers has increased
4.9% in a year.
This means the average amount the tooth fairy leaves under a child’s pillow is £1.49.
The most common amount to be given is £1. One in seven get £2 and one in 11 get 50p.
At the top end of the scale, one in 12 get more than £2 and in London one in nine get a fiver per tooth – that’s £100 for a mouthful!
SunLife’s research shows that there is a bit of a tooth fairy postcode lottery.
Kids in London get the most at
£1.88 on average, while those in the south-west get the least at an average of £1.18.
One in five kids in this region get just 50p. Children in Northern Ireland got more than £2 for each tooth on average last year, but this has dropped to £1.70.
Kids in the north-east and Scotland have also seen their teeth drop in value, by 27p and 12p respectively.
Overall, almost three-quarters (73%) of UK homes with kids get visits from the tooth fairy, an increase of 6% on 2016.
The tooth fairy is busiest in East Anglia where 82% of youngsters receive a visit. More than three quarters of kids in Wales (79%) and the south-west (78%) get visits too.
Researchers also found when dad is the tooth fairy, the amount tends to be higher, with fathers giving £1.69 on average compared to £1.38 from mums. That is a 31p or 22% increase.
Children with no siblings get more than those who have at least one brother or sister. Only children get £1.61 on average, with 7% getting a fiver, compared to £1.49 for kids with one sibling and £1.30 for kids with two.
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