Teen Talk: The Gift of Time for You and Your Teen

How often are you telling your teens to turn off the TV or stop playing computer games so they can complete homework, come to dinner, do chores, go to sleep, get ready for school?

How many times a day are you arguing with your kids about the amount of TV/computer time they spend?

Every day? Several Times a Day? All the Time?

How many hours do your teens watch TV orplay computer each day?

If your child watches 4 hours of TV/day...(The national average is between 3 and 5hours per day.)

That is 32 hours/week...134 hours/month...1664 hours/year or 69 days per year!

Now answer this:

How many hours per day does your teen spend reading?How many hours per day does your teen spend creatively doing art, building things, writing, playing non electronics?How many hours per day is your teen playing sports?

Now you do the math. How does your teen's unplugged time compare with his or her plugged in time?

Perhaps you noticed that TV/Computer time far outweighs the other activities your teens are involved in. You already read and know that kids who watch a lot of TV tend to be less healthy. (Sitting, not exercising,eating lots of snacks when they watch,aren't focusing well in school and on homework...etc.. )

So, if this is your teen and you want your teen to have more time to be healthy, creative and tuned into academics here is where you can start...

I have developed a program just for you called...

The Sunday Night Through ThursdayNight No TV Rule.

During the week have the teens earn points towards TV/Computer time.

Use poker chips or pennies to symbolize minutes of time and use and reward for:

=> chores

=> reading

=> completing homework

=> whatever else you want them to do more of

Let them save their chips for the weekend but remember...before you start giving out chips decide how much time you really want them watching between Friday and Sunday afternoons and calculate accordingly.

While you are at it...take a look at your own TV viewing. How many days and years of your life have been in front of the TV? What else could you be doing with your time? What have you been putting off or doing for lack of time?

For more ideas on how to get more time for you and your teens...here is my gift to you...

My newly released parenting book...

The Take Back Your Parenting Power System: How to Get Control of Your Kids in 30 Days or Less: The Secret Formula

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Feel free to forward this email to your friends and give them the gift of time, too, this Holiday Season.

Wishing You a Peaceful Home and a Peaceful Holiday Season,

Your Parent Coach,

Susan