Review of TVTime Kit

Ok. I'll admit it. My kids can sometimes watch a little too much TV. While I don't question the quality of what they watch (we only have one channel where we live with any children's programming), I do acknowledge that it can get a bit out of hand.

Like when I'm sick. Or they are sick. Or I'm just not paying attention. They can consume as much television as they're allowed, so the responsibility really falls on me. But what if there was a way to teach children to be responsible (to a certain point) of their own television and video entertainment quantity?

TVTime is a new twist on an old ideal. Give children a certain amount of time they can watch TV in advance, and allow them to determine how they will spend it -- a TV allowance if you will. The TVTime kit contains everything you need to get started: A timer that children can easily restart each time a new television segment starts, tickets representing 15 minutes of TV time (and a special "movie" ticket for even more viewing), and a handy box to set on the TV and put the tickets in.

While I will be the first to say that I possibly could do the work and set up something similar myself, I never will. The ticket box construction is durable, tickets are a thick glossy material that kids will dig, and the timer is virtually break-proof (It is glass, but housed in a nifty wooden frame.) There are also tickets in different colors so that each child may have their own color.

Based on the John Hopkins study that reducing tv watching can have a positive effect on children's behaviours, TVTime truly is a timely product. For more information on the study, TVTime or it's creators, visit www.mytvtime.com!