After losing a tooth, most children rush to stash it under their pillow for the Tooth Fairy to buy in the night. Usually children receive between 50p to £2 for their tooth - but one girl was surprised with $20 (£16.47) tucked under her pillow when she woke up.
Her mum explained how she upped the amount because the Tooth Fairy "suffers from inflation" just like the rest of us. Taking to Reddit, she said: "It's crazy the things you Google these days. I had to look up and see how much the Tooth Fairy pays out for the first tooth. We decided to go with $20 because she's been so excited and she is late to losing her teeth. All her friends have lost several thus far.
"I ended up doing an origami heart out of the $20 and dusting it with glitter. Then I took a pair of Barbie shoes and stamped a glitter walking path on her nightstand.
"She loved it and instantly started checking everywhere for other shoe prints to see where Ms Tooth Fairy entered the house."
But when the girl told her grandparents all about the Tooth Fairy's visit, they couldn't believe what they were hearing.
The mum added: "My parents were shocked. [They said], ' $20! I was lucky to get a quarter'.
"I'm sorry mum and dad the tooth fairy suffers from inflation as well.
"The way we looked at it was like one article said, $10 to $20 [or the] first tooth then $1to $5 each after.
"It comes out to be less than $100 over a several year time frame. $100 is nothing these days over a span of years."
While most users shared their shock over her daughter receiving $20 for her tooth, others claim children don't care about the money - just the fact the Tooth Fairy paid them a visit.
One user said: "20? Like 20 dollars! That seems a lot. My kid gets a shiny £2 and a note from the tooth fairy. She is super pleased with that."
Another user added: "We were planning on $5 but instead my son opted to keep his tooth to 'study it'."
A third user said: "Kid don't care amount the amount just that it's cool the fairy came."
One more user added: : "Twenty bucks! I have some teeth you can take!"
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