In Reply to: The real problem may be, posted by Fiona on Sunday, 13. December 2009 at 14:44 Bali Time:
Will sometimes buy bracelets of the little bandits. For sometime I thought "Oh right so it's not a good idea to give money because boss or parents will just take it" so buy them a drink or food. Then one hot night in Poppies 1 as 5 or 6 of them followed me to the shop for an ice cream it suddenly hit me. What am I teaching them by this? Oh God I'm teaching them to go off with strangers promising ice cream. They are already hanging around bars until the small hours and where that is going to lead them I think we all have a good idea.
So, still conflicted. Have no solution to offer.