In Reply to: spending money posted by Michell on Thursday, 1. December 2005 at 13:47 Bali Time:
Let the kids work out their own budget. On my last trip I gave my 12 & 13 year old 100,000Rp each per day (about $13.50). Breakfast was included in our package and I paid for dinner. Out of that they had to buy lunch and anything else they wanted. This included clothes, sunnies, watches etc as well as drinks in the day and lunch. Yhey took themselves to the supermarket and stocked up on snack food to avoid resort prices. I find that for two weeks with one adult and the two kids I spend about $1500, so $100 per day for three of us. The kids will bleed you dry if you just keep handing over the money. I find this method teaches them some good life lessons, like the fact that the money tree is not an endless supply.