VITAMEDIAS
TV a poor substitute for parenting: The Time-Scout Monitor, according to Tech Tools columnist Walter Mossberg, gives kids a sort of credit card that can be programmed to limit the time they watch. Once their time is up, the TV turns off.
Although the idea of treating television viewing as borrowed time is an intriguing one, apparently that is not the purpose of this device. Rather, according to Mossberg's column in the Saturday Sun-Times, the device is designed to make life easier for us parents. As the parent's manual states: ''It's hard to argue with a box.''
It's much easier, of course, to argue with parents.
But isn't that our job?