Problem: Your grade schooler is not what you’d call a natural born reader. Getting him to sit still with a book is a struggle. But you’re not giving up the fight. Determined, you require a 30-minue daily dose of reading.

Solution: Ease the struggle with the Mark-My-Time digital bookmark ($9, target.com). The bookmark/stop watch has a countdown timer and offers a cumulative time tracker, so your child can record his reading minutes at the touch of a button. Who knows, with this fun little gadget he may try to break his own reading record. Then plunk it down next to the computer to monitor screen time as well.