If a child breaks a house rule, we recommend that parents instruct the child to flip their Goodtimer over, pausing Good Time as a natural consequence for their choice. However, unlike a timeout where the child feels isolated to work through their feelings on their own, Goodtimer encourages the family to take a ‘time-in’ to review the house rules, understand why the behavior occurred, and work together to make amends and get back on track. When Good Time is paused, Goodtimer also offers verbal prompts such as “you can do better,” which further encourages kids to improve their behavior. When using traditional timeouts the focus can often be on punishing bad behavior by isolating children as a punishment.