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[quote=Anonymous]I set the expectation that--as a kid (with mom and dad's help) and as an adult (independently)--people have to balance needs and wants, responsibilities and electives, work and play.

I believe a person needs time to play, but also must attend to the schedule of work so it's not all left to the last minute.

Therefore, I ask that she "earn" her screen time. I help her set up a schedule for her work and we assign the value of each thing, value meaning how hard something is, how important it is determines how many minutes of TV, movie, or computer play time she earns by doing it.

This system means she pretty much self-regulates her work and screen time.  She loves TV so much, as you might imagine, that she'll jump to her homework to get in a show.

For us, the important thing for making this work is to NEVER (meaning really almost never ever with few exceptions) deviate from the earn-it-to-watch-it system. Even during the summer, the weekends, when friends are over (at someone else's home, I don't monitor or regulate).  I tell her she can watch AS MUCH TV AS HER HEART DESIRES... so long as she earns it. :)[/quote]

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