March 2016

Motto for boys: There is not any problem that cannot be resolved with the proper amount of explosives” True to a point- now let’s love them and teach them some other ways to resolve problems. -The Franz Center Team

Use parental authority wisely. 1. Save “no” for really important things. 2. Encourage, or at least don’t bock safe rebellion, which allows teens to experiment without hurting anyone. (music, hair, cosmetics, room decorations, friends, use of time are examples) 3. Give them space for their privacy with boundaries. (you will respect privacy as long as

Parenting teenagers: we commonly want to control them. As our children become teenagers, it is our job to move from pilot seat to copilot. Our job is to give them control, allow them to make mistakes while we keep the plane from going down in flames! -The Franz Center Team

When we shine the light of awareness on the thinking process itself, we see how thoughts appear (by themselves) from nowhere and how, because we give them our attention, they flourish and turn into unconscious thinking. We also see that: o it is not so much the thoughts themselves that cause us to suffer, rather

Thunderstorms clear the air- re-ionize it and recharge us, and are a good time to take a nap…. -The Franz Center Team