Um... I guess it goes to show I haven't done it properly and I'm not a teacher... mostly I get, "Mom, quit bugging me!"
My dad was a past master at that sort of thing... very subtle. None of that 15 min. artificial time limit stuff. He'd walk into the room, unannounced, randomly, where we were watching TV, coloring, playing with-friends, whatever, make some comment and leave.
It left us with-the impression that he was always watching... but not completely annoying.
(by the way, most of his TV comments were political, LOL!
I try to do that. I suspect I won't know how successful it is until my kids are grown.
