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Tooth Fairy, Parent/Teacher Conferences, and Healing Hearts a Huge Success!

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The Going Rate for the Tooth Fairy is $10 per Tooth? Are You Kidding Me! This past week I was visiting with a seven year old first grader who had just lost her two front teeth.   I first asked her if that is what she is going to ask Santa to bring her for Christmas  She just looked at me like I was from a foreign galaxy!  Then the following conversation ensued: Me:     "Well - did the Tooth Fairy pay you a visit?" Leah:   "Yes - she brought me $20 since I lost two at once!" Me:      "Are you kidding me?  $10 per tooth?" Leah:   "Well yes Mrs. Hankins - that is the going rate!" Oh my - am I getting too old to do this job?  It got me to thinking about what things cost when I was seven years old and what they cost when my daughters (Katie and Mary Beth) were about that age as compared to what things cost now.  I wanted to see if the rate of inflation was the same for other things as it apparently is for a lost tooth.  I ...