Most important, parity matters, not just among one's own childen, but between them and their friends. Her neighbor's kids got entire outfits along with their toys and their baskets, something her offspring didn't understand. Just as there are rules for what the Easter Bunny should bring, there are those for what he shouldn't, particularly if you'd prefer not to be discussing this 20 years hence. Not dried fruit, not rice cakes. Which brings us to the Tooth Fairy.
Inflation is one thing, extortion another.
And while I am old enough to have done my school papers on a typewriter, I am not so old that my children's reward for losing teeth should be 40 times mine. Recently, at his after-school daycare program, my son lost his first tooth. After everyone was appropriately impressed that Chelsea's head could do that kind of damage, conversation turned to the Tooth Fairy and what she might bring. That's hardly worth lifting the pillow. Several children are apparently visited by a sprite whose IRA didn't tank, and who is thus still feeling generous.