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I put some more thought into this and decided that RFID isn't a good idea if John has a brother... He may just decide to steal his RFID tag. A numeric keypad with a pin would work better. Moreover, GPS are costly and well, I have one laying around so which is why it came to mind; a ripple counter to count the number of seconds would probably be cheaper. Another thing... you wouldn't want your time eatin' up when idle; so making a curcuit to only count when not idle would surely work in John's favor 
Web integrated rewards program would be an idea way to reward school children. Example, John does his homework (say math because we all love it 
so much), have a system to where he can log in and input his answers. In return an hour of play time on an integrated entertainment system is registered to his account. Moreover, say his mother/father give him task for the weekend to water and clean up the yard of pet land mines; after he checks off that he has completed the task, a text message to nofify his mother/father of his accomplishments would be sent, and his mother/father could release (after verification) his play time or any other digital positive reinforcement.
