In ref to Daily Fail Toby Young essay on the childhood his kids won't have.
In a nutshell Toby you give them too much screen time and spend too much money on them.Many kids of broke, sensible parents will have the childhood you describe.
My dc are the kids of an software coder if they can get by with an hour of screen time a day and amuse themselves for the rest of the day without needing £££££ sent on them any kid can.
My kids(twin boys 9,9 and dd 8) have been to Legoland once as we simply don't have the money for petrol to drive there let alone the entrance fee- they survive.We took sandwiches as the food you describe is waaaay out of our budget(and foul I'm sure).
They don't stamp their feet for expensive days out or loll about doing nothing during the holidays.Yes we're lucky to live in Devon(in a busy market town with the same traffic risks as everybody else) however my kids amuse themselves on a budget of zero because they have to.They love cubs and their summer will be an extension of that.Fire making in the drive using magnifying glasses,hours of hop scotch,tennis matches over a chalk line,reading,water pistol fights,bike riding up and down their road,local park,pop up tent pretend camping,playing with the mountains of boards games and craft stuff we have etc,etc.
Days out will be the beach with sandwiches,free bike rides,woods,streams and moor rambles.
Yes w're lucky however I reserve my sympathy for the parents of kids stuck in apartment blocks on a zero budget or those that have to work on a low budget not the parents of spoilt middle class kids who have the money and time to take their kids to Kenya.
Buy a lock for your screen gadgets,get library cards (your kids will read more when bored)and stainless steel water bottles so you never need buy expensive plastic bottles of drink again.
You are the organ grinder of your dc's childhood and having an awful lot more cash and facilities than the maj of parents are perfectly well placed to give your kids the childhood they desire.