Payments from the Tooth Fairy are down 10% in Liverpool as children lose out due to the cost of living crisis, according to a survey.
The average payment from the Tooth Fairy in the city is £1.50 per tooth – down from £1.66 five years ago. The survey found that in affluent parts of Liverpool children are getting £5, £10 or even £20 notes under pillows instead of the more traditional coins.
Just under one in ten children (9%) get £10 per tooth – amounting to £200 for a full set of all 20 baby teeth. The results come from a new survey of 5,000 parents by Dental Phobia, a website set up to help the millions in the UK who fear going to the dentist.
Dental Phobia set up panels throughout the UK including Merseyside to find out how much average Tooth Fairy payments were in all the UK’s leading cities and counties. It found that 27% of children get a £1 coin for each lost two, 25% get a £2 coin, and 14% get less than £1 – most typically 50p.
A further 12% get £5, 9% get £10, 3% get between £10 and £20 and 2% get more than £20.
How much does the tooth fairy give your kids? If it's £20 they are probably paying too much. Let us know in the comments.