The Take Charge! Family Contract establishes media-use ground rules for your home and clearly defines limits, helping your entire family make smart TV, Internet and phone choices.
Family Contract Usage Tips
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Specify rewards and consequences. For example, your child would lose TV watching privileges for a designated amount of time for breaking the rules. Likewise, you could create a reward system with items such as extra allowance for compliance.
Start by asking your child to establish the rules, consequences and rewards to encourage a sense of ownership. They are more likely to respect the limits if they helped create them.
Don't hesitate to enforce the family contract. Evaluate your child's behavior regularly and talk about their TV, Internet and phone usage.
