Goodtimer was created to make it easier to track and reward a child for behaving according to their family’s rules. Positive parenting techniques typically avoid using punishments, instead focusing on praising and rewarding positive behavior. Based on our experience, Good Time and Goodtimer tokens are awarded for past good behavior and when we take away a token that was earned yesterday for a bad choice that was made today it may result in a loss of a sense of safety and security.  We believe that it’s important for kids to make the distinction between who they are and the choices they make.  Our children are good people, but sometimes they don’t make good choices.  When they do make good choices they earn Goodtimer tokens and even if they make a bad choice today, the good choices they made yesterday still count.  We do believe that it’s important to hold our kids accountable for the choices they make today and that’s why we recommend Goodtimer be used as a positive discipline tool as described above. While we do not recommend taking away tokens that have already been earned, ultimately, how your family decides to use Goodtimer and the tokens is 100% up to your family.