DYLAN'S IN THE HOUSE!!! - Freeze-Frame Radio

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

RE: DYLAN'S IN THE HOUSE!!!

Date: Sun Jun 26 18:39 2005

We let someone spend the night Friday. I took them to see Mr & Mrs Smith and to the mall yesterday. I even let him spend the night at his cousin's last night. He came home after church. He wants to start to stay home again, but I am not ready. I hate to say it, but I do not trust him quite yet. We have not even gone to court yet, so this spray paint incident is still not over.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Good lesson for him though...Trust lost always takes longer to gain the second time around

Date: Sun Jun 26 18:52 2005

Well, he is thirteen, so I am thinking when he's twenty three, maybe I can trust him!

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Asisson, kids today have so much more to contend with than we did growing up. Sounds like he is going to come out of this better off, because of a good lesson learned from a relatively minor incident. The teen age years can be tough, but you sound like a good mom. You are on top of it.

Date: Sun Jun 26 19:09 2005

Thanks, but we'll see. He has always had for lack of a better word, an "edge" to his personality. We were alone until he was 5. He has a chip on his shoulder, I am just hoping that the cops knocked it off, because it seems that I only make it grow!

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I dated someone for 7 years who had a son with an "edge" to his personality. I can relate in some very small degree to the challenge you are facing. I guess the one thing I learned is that you cant back down, even a little...your house, your rules. Its not the easy road, but the more effective one in the long run.

Date: Sun Jun 26 19:17 2005

Yeah, I am finding that out as I go. It took me a long time to back up what I say. I am getting good at it, but it is definitely easier to let stuff go! But raising kids is not supposed to easy. However, I believe that our generation has had a harder time at it than any other!

This is your band correct???

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Yes, thanks for asking!

Your son will be okay...like I said he has a good mom. I guess God gives us the challenges we can handle.

Date: Sun Jun 26 19:24 2005

What do you do in the band? What happened to the girlfriend of seven years?

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I write the songs, sing lead and play guitar

The girlfriend is still a friend but we just werent going anywhere.