Tickets make screen time something a child can hold: earn one, keep it, hand it over when you want to play. Fifteen tickets on one page — print, cut along the dashed lines and start today. Free.
Screen time ticket
15 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
15 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
15 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
15 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
15 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
15 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
30 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
30 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
30 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
30 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
60 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
60 minutes
Earned for:
Signed:
Screen time ticket
____ minutes
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Screen time ticket
____ minutes
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Screen time ticket
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How to use the tickets
Agree on the price list. Which tasks earn a ticket, and how big: 15 minutes for a small daily job, 30 or 60 for something bigger. The chore chart is a handy place to write it down.
Pay straight away. Hand over the ticket when the task is done, with your signature — a ticket that arrives tomorrow doesn't feel earned.
Trade in before the screen goes on. Your child gives you the ticket, you start the timer.
Set a daily cap. For example, no more than four tickets a day — otherwise Saturday turns into six hours of games.
Don't take earned tickets back as a punishment. It breaks the deal.
Good for which ages?
Paper tickets work best from about 5 to 10 — children who like to collect and count. Older kids usually prefer a number they can check themselves and a written family agreement. For the youngest, add the rules poster.
The same idea, without the scissors
On a Windows PC, child-time does this automatically: your child marks a task done (with a photo if you want), you approve it on your phone, and the minutes are added to today's time on the computer — with a daily cap you choose. Your child sees the timer; no one has to watch the clock. How earning time works.