Support Calls
This call covers: My age 17 daughter is having too much online social time and isn’t spending time with the family when she is home. How can I help her? When my son was younger, he threw something at me that required me to go to the hospital. Sometimes, when his siblings are mad at him, they’ll bring up the incident and tell him “what a bad person” he is. How do I help him through this? My age 14 son has struggled with an almost daily masturbation addiction. We’ve gone to the bishop and made goals, but he keeps falling back into old habits. What do we do to help him overcome this issue?
This call covers: Announcements! World Congress of Families Oct. 27-30, first ever Teaching Self-Government Conference June 13, and Cancun Couples’ Retreat, Oct. 15-20. Join us for it all! Go to the call to get more info! How do you teach your children truth? Does having a messy house equal bad Self-Government? What do I do when my child says that I’m a “slave driver” when I tell them to go to church?
This call covers: Facebook discount for upcoming TSG Conference and Cancun details Learning how to repair family ties with your children after they’re grown and gone. How to help your child disagree appropriately and want to practice disagreeing appropriately. Daydreaming habits that are distracting my child from socializing with others properly. Role confusion between parents and their son, age 20. Building VS Forcing a relationship and connecting to my children while working.
This call covers: The importance of language What do I do when my son chooses the worst possible solution for his SODAS? My 14-year-old daughter is always changing her mind and wants everyone to bend to and work around her wishes. How do we help her change that? Sisters having trouble disagreeing apporpriately How does having a vision help me in my relationship with my daughter?
This call covers: Ministering VS Administering Can you use the Rule Of Three when your child is just being lazy or distracted? Potty-training with TSG An idea for a good book!
This call covers: Age 7 son who is high-spirited and does everything big, especially emotions. Isa good effort is ever enough, or do you have to get all the way calm, be able to make eye contact, and everything? Age 7 daughter has issues with snooping, stealing candy, wanting to wear cosmetics on errands, and won’t accept consequences at all. Nursing still at 10 months old. It’s getting kind of awkward. What do I do? 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People and life missions
This call covers: Keeping children safe online and teaching them intelligent conversation. Is it okay to put education on the “back burner” to fix behaviors? Responding to reactions when older children realize they’ve lost their priviliges for 24 hours Cell phones for children: what kinds and uses How has TSG helped your son on his LDS mission?
This call covers: Doing and inspiring hard things in young children, ALE’s (Altenative Learning Experiences), Shepherding and parenting, and Charlotte Mason training habits 14-month-old throws himself down and bangs his head on things when he can’t explore beyond certain boundaries. What do I do? Questions from kids! Age 8: Why do parents get more privileges than kids? Age 11: I feel like a robot, like I HAVE to say yes to everything they ask me to do. If I say no, I get a consequence. Mom: I struggle with consistency. Any suggestions? How does a good friend of mine correct her youngest child, who is 24 years old, who’s been in and out of jail, etc?
This call covers: United Nations update! Oldest child having the tattling issue, not the younger ones. Praying to have the Holy Spirit with you and becoming wise in conversation Using the Token System to reward good behaviors Age 5 daughter has been tantruming for a whole week and won’t accept “no” answers
This call’s questions: TSG training. Do you want to be a TSG Trainer and help families around the world? We have a large family and my aged 14 son has honesty issues. How do I help him? My middle son is CONSTANTLY correcting his siblings, and then when we tell him that he’s not the parent, he gets angry at himself and falls into a habit of self-deprecation. how do I help him not to do either of these things? Two of my many children take online classes in the middle of the day. Our rule is that the computers have to stay in a public area of the house. But, this gets difficult when the children on the class are trying to listen and there’s lots of noise in the house. What do I do? I’m trying to implement TJED, but struggle with the “Inspire, Not Require” part of it. Should a lot of the learning be child-led or parent-led? I’m having issues with high tolerances and getting my children to keep clear boundaries. I also struggle with role playing and pre-teaching. What’s the answer?
This call covers: Homeschooling and keeping the focus in a big family Guiding simultanious situations and keeping my sanity The role of the older sibling left in charge. Can they give chores? Consistency with TSG Dating, courting, and Adulthood. What are your rules and when is someone an adult? Family on the calls More questions on my manipulative mother and gratitude for Nicholeen’s clarity
This call covers: How to deal with/get rid of general noise in the house Teaching roudy boy scouts respect and reverence Keeping the house clean with three young children
This call covers: Age 6.5 daughter sucks her thumb, twists her hair, and uses Pull-Ups, which we’re trying to get her out of. Also, she’s overweight for her age and size. She and the whole family are addicted to sugar. Help please! My mother is emotionally manipulative and it’s draining to be around her. How do I help her? Do you say The Pledge of Allegiance as part of your school? I have a few questions and concerns about the Pledge. Also, I’ve been researching more TJED stuff. Can you clarify some things for me?
This call’s questions are: My husband is not on board with TSG and my 6-year-old son is stubborn and strong-willed. How do I help them? ALL of my children mant my undivided attention ALL THE TIME. How do I help all of them at the same time? How do I start a Knights of Freedom group? “He said…” “She said…”
This call’s questions were: How do I and how did you make “clubs” or classes for Scholar Phase youth? You mentioned a College Prep class that you created and teach. What do you do for that exactly? What do you think about toys in Sacrament Meeting? What are some good college books for moms to read?
This call covers: ANNOUNCEMENTS! TSG events coming up! TSG Circles questions and how to’s 2-year-old daughter doesn’t like her baby brother. What do I do? Tattling on sister and friends, homeschooling, and being almost potty trained
This call was super short, but good, none the less. We discussed: Help with TSG New Year’s Resolutions The importance of asking questions when correcting someone Chore systems
This call covers: I can’t seem to make time in my life to spend quality time with my children. I’m the type who is “go go go, do do do.” What do I do? Our 6-year-old son has started stealing and lying, especially with food. He’s allergic to lots of foods, but he doesn’t seem to care that the food he’s stealing will hurt him. Help! How do I teach my children to not feel entitled, especially after I taught them to be?
This call covers: Christmas experiences 14-year-old daughter who doesn’t want to go to church anymore When it is important (or not) to be fair Inspiring someone with a white* personality (*see the Color Code book) Having many of your family friends make poor decisions and having those decisions affect your children’s friendships Praising and the Lamplighter books
The questions on this call were: Is modesty really that important for young girls? Age 7 has a hard time accepting extra chores, especially in the evening. Age 10 won’t disagree appropriately. What do I do? Age 6 is stubborn and won’t accept or follow instructions. Suggestions? Am I saying too much when I do the Rule of Three?