Around about kindergarten kids start to get interested in time. Well, that is they get interested in figuring out how to tell it. Obviously the motivation is being able to tell when you’re lying about it being bedtime when it clearly is still light outside.

If your house like mine is replete with digital clocks, digital time comes first to their understanding. Children of the new millennium say odd things like, “It’s 3:57.” and “We have to leave at 8:43 to get to school on time.” However, they get that deer in the headlights look when you casually ask them how many minutes it is until 9:00.

So, parents everywhere search fruitlessly around their homes looking for a good old fashioned clock that might perhaps teach them to tell time the old fashioned way, as in It’s a quarter to two.” and “We’re late, it’s ten after three.”

This sturdy and stylish children’s watch from Timex just might be the solution. Kids love to sport jewelry and this one fits the needs of both parents and the tiny wearer. It’s strong; it’s water resistant for those days when they just have to get wet. And it has cute little lizards on it!

The quartz movement and stainless steel design means it will last longer than the time it takes to get it home and the nifty nightlight is perfect for clicking on and off 100 times, during which hopefully the child in question will actually glance at the face and see that it might be telling him or her something.