Apparently the Tooth Fairy is feeling a little more generous this year . . .The insurance company Delta Dental has something called the "Tooth Fairy Index," which tracks how much the Tooth Fairy leaves for a tooth. The average payout jumped 33 cents to over FOUR BUCKS per tooth.The national average now sits at $4.03, up from $3.70 last year. But . . . that's still lower than the all-time high of more than $4.50 in 2017.Kids in the Northeast are currently getting the biggest payouts at $4.35 on average. In the South, it's 4.01 . . . out West, $3.97 . . . and kids in the Midwest are getting hosed, at just $3.71 per tooth.So is four bucks a tooth fair? Or too much? Another recent survey asked over 7,500 people . . . and 53% said somewhere between $1 and $5 sounds about right. 11% said less than $1 per tooth . . . 3% said more than $20 . . . and roughly 1 in 7 Americans think kids should get NOTHING from the Tooth Fairy. - By the way, fluctuations in the Tooth Fairy Index tend to mimic how the S&P 500 has been doing. so we guess she's heavily invested in stocks.
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By The Hawk and Tom ShowFeb 24, 2020
