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I knew a lot of kids that dressed that way in high school and it meant nothing (im 24). It was just a way to say that they were different. The anarchy sign has lost its excitement too. Kids these days dont use it for the same reasons thay used to. Im just saying all this in a generalized fashion, she really might have a reason to be worried, after she lives there, I dont. I hope you and your sister works everything out.

Thanks for the info. Like I told her, I'm glad it's not my kids.

I heard a preacher once say that his middle son, his favorite because he was born the weakest, was listening to some music that the preacher did not approve. He told his son that in HIS house, such music is not allowed. He gave the Scripture quote of "and for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord!" His son turned 18 and said that he was going to move to a house down the street (which was a crack-house) because the man living there (who was a crack dealer) treated him more like a father than he (the preacher) did. Of course that hurt the father (preacher) more than anything in the world. Some time later, the father went down to that crack-house and banged on the door. The owner came to the door and said, "What do you want?" The father said, "I have come for my son!" He loved his son enough to go through Hell to get him back!

Open the lines of communication. Get his father involved (if he is not already involved with him, get him there!!!). The only way your son will ever know that he is a man is by another man who is his FATHER!

BTW, I shall keep the both of you in my prayers and I had completed a Catholic Men For Christ Conference yesterday. The speaker I shared with you was one of the speakers and was a Protestant mininster who converted to Catholicism after he and his congregation did a study on Early Church History. Most of his family and 40 members of his congregation converted to Catholicism. He was a dynamic speaker!

God bless!

All teens go through a time of self identity. They want to be different on the outside because they are not sure who they are yet on the inside.

If my mother hadnt burned my black jacket with the skulls on it I would have gotten bored and stopped wearing it on my own after only a few months.

But telling me I couldnt wear it was like a challenge. That dark clothes fad lasted me for 2 years and made for some HORRIBLE school pics during that time.

Dark clothes are just dark clothes. The anarchy sign was wall all over my school but it nnever ment the devil to us it was about not conforming and not being like everyone else.

Panic if he starts killing animals for fun or starts using drugs but dont bother panicing over the clothing issue.