your child freedom formula - has anyone tried it?

[lu9months]

ive seen adverts for this on fb. they claim to be able to cure anxiety in young people. im suspicious - and nowhere does it tell you the cost. however im fairly desperate since my 16 year old is very disabled by anxiety. thanks

Nobody here knows if they’re a legitimate company with good intentions or not. You don’t either (unless you’re involved in running of it). You can sincerely believe that they’re all above board but really, you don’t know. You’re taking that on trust. Which is fine - fine! But it’s also fine that people posting here, on this thread that asked for opinions, offer advice to proceed with caution.

My take on it is - they’re probably well meaning people who have a programme that does help teens and their families deal with anxiety. But their business model, and communications, are really quite poor and because it’s a company who are dealing with very vulnerable desperate people they can’t afford that. It comes across very badly.

@NoSquirrels

Guessing on that you have been on the website recently? They explain absolutely everything on there me and my hubby and went through it! They are now offering a week free so I don’t think anybody can judge now if they haven’t tried that ?

@Mibb thanks for your nice message - I was nervous about posting and hoped I’d made my point sensibly and fairly. I’m only involved as my friend has had a terrible experience with them!

They absolutely **do have to be registered with ICO regardless of company size so this is a breach. They also Legally need a privacy policy - again, their cut and paste job with no information is a breach. This is all very concerning to me, my friend (who is a therapist and registered with ICO) and the mum who is out of pocket and has a very distressed daughter.

@NoSquirrels and yes they do you have had at least 5 people express they are going through it and how the experience is benefiting them ? And those posts have been taken down?

I suspect we’ll have to agree to disagree, Jungle, because I don’t think you’re hearing what I’m saying. I do hope your DC feels better soon.

@junglemum40 how far are you through the process? I think the sceptical people (me included) are saying that it comes across pushy and guilt ridden. I am honestly trying to decide whether to progress after several things have made matters worse so it’s not as easy as give it a go and see. I am researching and unable to find clear feedback from anyone that has taken part and happy (some reviews are suspicious and could easily be from staff so it’s difficult to tell). Sign up and see but I am sure there are many people here in the same position as me waiting to hear how it goes.
Genuinely good luck and please pop back here in a few weeks. Emma too who commented early on, how's it going?

TO EVERYONE

Goodluck to you all I hope you find peace with yourselves and the help that is needed, I know after today that signing up to YCFF is definitely the right decision and these are good heartfelt genuine people with the willingness to want to give life to those who feel like they don’t have it. Best gift I think to give my child.

@Comfysofa78

I am signing up for the week free and then going for it, a couple of people I know have been through it, there daughter has changed dramatically, there have been people on here and their reviews on trust pilot and children who have been through the process explaining their stories and their enrichment of life now ?

GoodButNaughty

I can see they now offer a week free. I don't think this is something I would consider trying out without more reassurance about what sort of people I would be dealing with. If the trustpilot replies and some of the posts on this thread are anything to go by, I don't think I would want to. I am good at maintaining boundaries in written communication but I know that I am susceptible to being manipulated / guilt tripped or bullied and I wouldn't want to put myself or my child through that.

I really really hope that YCFF are genuine, good people who just have a really terrible marketing strategy.

Hopefully we will hear from some more people who have completed the program and how their child is getting on 3months, 6months, a year down the line.

I wouldn't judge anyone for wanting the best for their child so I hope anyone who's had a good or bad, or just middling experience wouldn't be put off coming back to talk to us.

GoodButNaughty do you think your friend would consider leaving a factual, honest review of their experience on Trustpilot or talking about it here when they feel ready?

@Mibb

‘being manipulated / guilt tripped or bullied and I wouldn't want to put myself or my child through that.’

So you’re not giving a weeks free trial a go ?
I seriously find this hard.

There are legitimate children on there who have been through this and come out of it the other side, are you saying these children’s experiences should be pushed to the back and that they are fake, because I seriously doubt that! I’m going for it and will be posting on here in a few months as I do believe it will work and have seen the evidence that it does.

No I'm not saying anyone's experience is fake. I'm saying that when I read your posts, and read and watch the videos on the YCFF website, I can feel myself being manipulated, I know the feeling and know that whilst I'm good at maintaining boundaries in written communication I'm not so good at that face to face. I am put off by the reactive replies on the Trustpilot reviews. I'm also saying that I hope YCFF are a genuine company who have just lost the way with their marketing strategy.

@Mibb
I’m sorry I do not agree! Manipulated into getting some help?

Real children from what I can see have been through this, and been helped, that’s enough for me to say yes I’ll give that a go.

junglemum I'm only talking about my own feelings and reasons, not yours.

@Mibb

Well I’m not going to made feel bad for doing the best for my daughter. I’m saying it is hard for me to see this going on when children are struggling so much, I wish I could help my daughter myself but I can’t, so this has to be done

@Mibb I can see where this is going. I would respectfully suggest you disengage from this x

Ok. I'm not here to make you, or anyone feel bad junglemum

Thanks Double, you're right.

My DD helped paint the garden fence today.

@DoubleTweenQueen
Are you the runner of these mean comments ?

@Mibb
And neither am I, just want people to be careful about what they potentially cause.

As I said I hope you all find peace.

Brilliant! What colour did you paint it?

The meds, counselling and covid opening up are helping.
Once we have GCSE assessments done, we will be able to start pushing on other things.

@TeenMinusTests That's great! X

A brown waterproof stain. She did it with DH at her suggestion. The fact she has energy to suggest and do it is fantastic compared with where she was 3 months ago.

Teen that's good. One step at a time!