Are your kids spending too much time on the iDevice?

First of all........as my co-contributor  mentioned, we have been in deep slumber for a long time. Sorry for that. A blog needs to be fresh and we will try to stay true to that going forward. 

Before the holidays in Decemeber, I realized that my kids (especially the 9-year old) were hooked to their iPads and would never put it down in the evenings or on weekends. Continuing to play games or watch movies or TV shows on Netflix and so on way into the night or even waking up in the middle of the night and using the iPad. I could have been a tough parent and said no more iPad and put it away but it didn't make a difference even after days of timeout for the iPAD. So i came up with the idea for an app for the iPAD or for that matter iPhone or iPod.  

The app is called "Time Nanny" keeping withe English traditions of how nanny's can straighten any kid out who is misbehaving or not listening to adults. Only in my case it is an electronic nanny :) called the Time Nanny. It was developed in partnership with ibizsoft Inc. and is available in the app store. Check it out on iTunes or at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/time-nanny/id781458719?mt=8

Time  Nanny

Now you can manage the time spent on the iDevice on a daily basis. Parents can set a time limit for each day of the week with this password based application. All a parent has to do is open the app, set a secret password, set a time limit and turn on the timer with "set alert". Upon completion of the allocated time, the Time Nanny will display a pop up message notifying your kids that their "time is up" for the day and will continue to display the message for an allocated time. The only options are to either shut down the iDevice or disable the pop-up message by opening the app and turn it off with your password. There is also the option to allocate a fixed amount of time like 30 or 60 minutes in place of a fixed time every day. In device "settings" you can change the sound or the alert location on the screen (banner or alert). The smart kids may kill the app but the alert is designed to pop up even if they kill the app. And the sound is an annoying one as well......it is another story that I decided to turn it off in settings in our iPad as it annoys me as well :)

This is working as my 9 year old puts the iPad away at 9 PM every week day and goes to bed. A good nanny does her job well!

This is a work in progress and needs bug fixes and updates. So please check it out and provide your reviews and feedback or even suggestions for improvements.