Setting the Timer: A Post for Parents

Hey there parents, you know how you can set the parental controls on your satellite dish/cable TV? Well now you can do it with your kid's Xbox 360.


Thanks to Xbox Live, you can download the "Family Timer," which limits the amount of time your child spends on the system. The software will help you monitor the time that your children spend playing the 360.

This is the next step in Microsoft's Family Settings program. You can now monitor which games your kids can and can't play. No more Rockstar for you, little Billy!

So parents (of younger children) - will you utilize Microsoft's Family Settings?

Here's a fact sheet on the Family Settings. May the kid punishment begin!