Support Calls
This call covers: Summer tip! Helping family relationships stay strong with friends in the picture more. My 8-year-old daughter has a friend who will invite her to play, then leave her and go play with other people without warning. Ideas? 13-year-old son will NOT talk about the topic of changing schools. He immediately gets angry and refuses to discuss it. What do I do? (This call had some technical difficulties on the second question. We apologize. Please read the notes for more on it.)
This call covers: 13-year-old son was over-socialized when he was young. Needs help socializing properly. Preparing children for family gatherings with cousins who don’t have the same family culture as us.
This call covers: Summer activites planned! Friends and family are influencing my children and I have to teach them TSG all over again when they finish spending time with them. My age-9 son is defiant, manipulative, and self-harms himself when he doesn’t get his way.
This call covers: Problems and questions with media boundaries and rules How to use TSG while traveling (via plane, car, etc)
This call covers: Recap of the World Congress of Families Age 5 son taks and asks questions constantly. How do I help him rein it in? Getting age 2 to respond to TSG better How to handle out of control behavior at church Definition of “principled”
This call covers: Paije’s 18th birthday! Children are growing up! World Congress of Families in Republic of Georgia Trusting children to be good
This call covers: How to help15-year-old daughter care about being with her younger siblings and not care so much about friends and electronics. How family work relates to chores and should children have chores?
This call covers: Helping husband with his tone. Son is having trouble keeping his thoughts away from other men. Follow-up with age 5 son who hits, bites, and kicks. Husband not on board and son is addicted to electronics and is physical.
This call covers: Pornography resolution on Utah Capitol Hill. Struggling with TSG through daughter’s puberty. How to teach TSG principles in a religious setting to younger children. Comment on pornography resolution.
This call covers: Camping fun! Bringing about an attitude adjustment about “no” answers with age 9 (almost 10) Struggles with getting son 6th grader to do homework. Possible anxiety or ADD issues. Energetic 10-month-old that deliberately does things he knows he shouldn’t and has started biting and hitting.
This call covers: The sweetness of a long marriage and my husband. 12-year-old son has been fantasizing about girls and kissing and more. He tells his parents, but they’re not sure what to do exactly. Age nine daughter has recently been homeschooled. She is defiant and manipulative. She causes lots of contention. What to do. Grandchildren are really picky eaters. How to help them broaden their horizon. Teenaged son is very proud and power struggles all the time. Will hit and bully. How to help him.
This call covers: Happy April Fool’s Day! Balancing time between two young children and a fussy new baby. Inspiring 15-year-old son to want to self-govern. Very strong-willed. Age 4 daughter likes to change her clothes multiple times a day. It’s getting out of hand. Connecting with older children through TSG.
This call covers: A woman of refinement What’s happening at the UN Correction from last week and disagree appropriately High tolerances and self-criticism Graduating from TSG skills and Rule of three for young children, as well as the Calm Down Spot
This call covers: St. Patrick’s Day and an experience to think about Angel baby to “terrible 2’s’ Picky eating toddlers Problems with a 3-year-old Trouble with older children negative attention seeking and getting up earlier with them to study
This call covers: Priorities in group problem solving Saving our daughter’s identities Mother interfereing with adult sister’s life. Should I correct her?
This call covers: Schedule switch-up for March! How to access the BBC “The World’s Strictest Parents” video. 5-year-old is really big and it’s physically dangerous to hold him in the Calm Down Spot. Tried the Rule of Three and it’s worked mostly with him. Don’t like switching though. Thoughts? 20-month-old won’t stay in bed and hits his siblings. Engaging with child’s therapist and getting child to open up. Just starting homeschool and needing tips.
This call covers: Helping youth ages 12-16 keep their boundaries when in a group together and being kind to one another. Dealing with young daughters that go from best friends to worst enemies. Both parents work full time and cherish every moment with their children. Wonderingif homeschooling would be a good choice. Getting age 18 daughter to stop procrastinating and being late to and with things. Started a Commonwealth school, but has allowed it to take over the rest of life and looking for a way to fulfill responsibilities at the Commonwealth and at home. Just attended Parenting Mastery Retreat and realising that our tolerances are too high. Also, having a hard time keeping track of every consequence earned. Thoughts?
This call covers: Time flies as your children get older. Teaching my children love instead of toleration. It’s hard to stay consistent, but even more so with HF autism. I know I need to connect with my children, but I don’t want to. You have a section in your book that talks about telling your children about sex. Why are you not in favor of sex ed in schools?
This call covers: How to correct someone else’s child when in a group. Comparing points of certain psychology to TSG: what’s right and what’s a little off. Helping my son become more attentive and less distracted. Catching my 15-year-old daughter with junk food in her room and stealing money to buy junk food. It’s all she’ll eat.
This call covers: I don’t have time to read and I still haven’t gotten through the TSG book, but I need help now! What can I do for a “quick fix?” Is there such a thing as too much sports? My age 11 son is in multiple sports and it’s all he wants to do. How do I help his obsession?