In English speaking countires, such as US, Canada:
In order to help ease the trauma of losing baby teeth, kids are paid off for their toofers—lose a tooth, put it under your pillow, go to sleep. At some point, a fairy will arrive to exchange the tooth for some cash. The going rate is an average of $4.00 per tooth. See? Losing teeth really isn’t so bad.
In Asian countries, such as China:
Kids who lose teeth from their lower jaw will throw their teeth onto their roof, while upper jaw teeth go on the floor or even under it (the idea is the new tooth will be pulled towards the old tooth).
Again, we, as Chinese live in Canada, we find it a little bit awkward in terms of which way to adopt.
Qiuyu got his two baby teeth removed yesterday. He did none of the above rituals, as he left his baby teeth at the car. Perhaps tooth fairy came last night but got lost between the car and his pillow.
You get the idea when you look at the photo below: (Qiuyu during a baby tooth removal process in year 2011)
