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I totally understand your worry. My daughter who is not quite yet 4 has been earning Disney dollars as her allowance money for over a year now and no way am I just going to give it all at once to her. What we did is we bought her a purse with a zipper. Then what we will do is window shop. Then when she is ready to buy I will tell her how many dollars it is and have her count it out. Then I will hold on to it until we reach the store. At that point, I will give the Dollars to her to put in her purse for us to give together to the cashier. Our daughter is a little young to understand the whole concept of money but boy she can sure count so I think this will help with a beginning understanding. Then during the times when we are doing parade night, etc. I will let her put $10 in her purse to spend if she wants to buy a light-up toy or balloon.
Anyway, I think the way you are going about it is fine. At the end of the day, you are trying to teach your child a beginning knowledge of money. I think sometimes as parents we need to remember that its not actually any one method in which you teach that works for all but its what method works for you and your child that are best. Especially when you are trying to get a concept or beginning idea down.
My 12 yr old has been saving coins for months now. We'll get it exchanged before we go, but I know there is no real way for her to understand the cost of stuff @ Disney. We've learned that if you see something in a shop that you want as a souvenir, think long before leaving it behind. So many of the themed items are only in one or two shops.
I think printing the copied Disney Dollars is great creative thinking. It's great that you are teaching your son about money and budgeting.
I will say this though...When we travel, I help my daughter set a budget and put aside a certain amount of money for each day in an envelope. Every morning she takes one of the envelopes and puts it in her bag (a small waist pack or bag that can strap accross her body). She keeps track of her own money and pays for items she wants. Any left over money is ussually added to the next day's envelope. My daughter is now 10, but has been doing this since she was 5 years old. Rarely has she lost any money and since it's budgeted per day even if a few $$ were to be lost it's not the end of the world.
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You're not trying to beat any system, so just write "void" or as others have said, print them in black & white. That way if they get lost someone doesn't try to use them and get in trouble for counterfeiting.
I think what you're trying to do is great. My kids are seven and six and do have a basic understanding of the values of money and how it's spent, so carrying their own "money" would help them further understand the responsibility. Besides, if it's lost, then (in my opinion) they would be out, but not the parent.
And thanks for posting the idea. You've given me food for thought for our next trip!
I too only give DD's a daily allowance of their spending money. If they want something that costs more than they have, they will need to save for it. If they spend at some point in the day, all money left at the end of the day is still theirs. DD was 7 the first time she went and I too was conxcerned with the amounts of "cash" she was carrying. When it hit a "large" ($50) amount, I took that and held it for her, leaving her with a small amount. She made all her transactions on her own, but either I or DGM, or big bro watched over to see that things went as they should. (More of a problem on her end than the cashiers. She often forgot to wait for change, but they would follow her out to see that she got it. And often helped her put it back in her wallet.)
No matter what method you use, I hope all works out well. Good luck and let us all know what worked for you.
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Our DS(14) and DS(8) both have wallets that they keep at home to put their allowance and gift money in. When we go to the store, we work with them to choose what they want and they have to work out if they have enough and how much change they should expect, etc.
What I really want to do soon is have a family budget meeting using monopoly money so they can see where all the money comes from and goes to and discuss why we can or cannot buy things we want.
For security at the world, etc., I'm thinking about getting Travel Visa cards for them, and have them track their spending themselves. That way I can remove their KTTW charging privileges and also have protection against loss.
I think your idea is a good one considering your son's age. I know he won't learn a lesson if he loses the fake money but he is rather young to learn that lesson while on vacation anyway IMO. I would have done this with my dd when she was younger. Now she seems to always have more money in her wallet than I do in mine and that drives me crazy (she is 12 and I'm - lets just say older than that with a job )
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