He brought it to the hospital when he first met his sisters. Last summer when we traveled to Montana, our tour guide, Adventures Plus, presented Will with a disposable camera as part of a welcome package. Again, he loved it. They don't have to share disposables with mom or dad, and they can make their own decisions about exactly what they want to photograph. There's a natural limit to the number of photographs that can be taken on such a camera.
Kids tend to want to snap away, usually without a clue about film or developing costs.
You can hand a disposable camera to a child and explain that this is their camera for the trip, for instance, and when the film is gone, that's it. Disposables are relatively cheap. Although costs mount up if you buy lots of them, they're cheaper than most cameras. Also, if your child happens to lose one of these, it's no great tragedy. With over 300 family-focused trips to choose from, GORPtravel gets you there.