Date: 7/10/2004 7:58:00 AM
From Authorid: 3835
Where I live, the kids have to be in by 9pm. On the weekends, it is at 10pm when they are grade school and junior high school kids (ages 5- 15) at 16 they can stay out on weekends until 11pm, and it stays that way until they are out of school or 18.. the police here even issue tickets for any child found out after curfew. The first offense is 20 dollars, the second is 30 and the third one is a date in front of a Judge with the parents present..  |
Date: 7/10/2004 7:59:00 AM
From Authorid: 61013
I think age does matter because you wanna do the curfew by age cause I dont know bout most people but I woauldn't want my 7 year old out at 10 and i wouldn't like my 16 year old out till 3 in the morning so age does matter lots my curfew is I dunno when LOL. Great post <hugs>. Love, Keri  |
Date: 7/10/2004 8:16:00 AM
From Authorid: 62728
I wish that I could say age mattered, but in my opinion it has so much more to do with the individual kid and how well they have taken to the morals his parents have or haven't instilled in him. Trouble making kids are gonna find something to get into no matter what time it is if they are looking to get into something. I do think that time can play a factor as the later it gets there are fewer people around to see mischief.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 8:18:00 AM
From Authorid: 8817
I had to be in by 10 until i was 17 then it became mid-night if i was out with my boyfriend then midnight for everybody else after i hit 18 and now it doesn't really matter I am 20 and I don't get home from school until mid-night so my parents don't try and keep me in. But they stil have to know where I am and who I am with  |
Date: 7/10/2004 8:34:00 AM
From Authorid: 11341
If parents took a more active roll in their childrens lives there wouldnt be a need for curfew, but since thats not the case I see a need for curfews. I just wish they were enforced by parents and police.  |
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Date: 7/10/2004 8:49:00 AM
From Authorid: 3835
I just checked up on that curfew law where police issue tickets. It is now 30 dollars first offense, 50 dollars second offense, and then in front of the judge. The parents are also given a court fine and court costs on top of paying for the ticket. |
Date: 7/10/2004 8:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 10534
This is what it's like in my house...It was 10 oclock up until I turned 16. Especially since my parents would be giving me rides up until then and I would want to get a ride before they go to bed. When I turned 16 I had 10 o'clock on the weekdays, midnight on the weekends. I'm 17 and it's still like that. When I turn 18, I won't have any curfew and will be able to leave and go as I please. That's what my brother is, he's 20 and ever since he turned 18 he's had no curfew. Sometimes my parents will let me stay out pas midnight just as long as I tell them what I'm doing, usually it's finishing a movie at a friend's house. I don't see any use to be out on the streets after midnight, no place is open to go to. Usually it's just being at a friends house that late.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 10:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 55988
I think age matters, but I also think the individual's resposibility matters. For me, before the age of 15, I didn't really get out of the house much unless I was just going over to a friend's or to the movies. I had no curfew, when I would come home depended on when the movie was over. Since I turned fifteen and started going places, my curfew is 10:30 or 11:00 on school nights (depending on homework), and 11:30 on weekends or during the summer. Although, say if I go to a late movie, I can just tell my mom when the movie will be over so she knows that I'll be home late, and she's ok with that.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 10:46:00 AM
From Authorid: 49172
My parents are usually leniant about curfew. On school nights, depending on who I'm with, it could be 8-11. On weekends, they really don't care.. 12-ish is fine with them. My dad says once I get a cell phone and a car, it'll extend.   |
Date: 7/10/2004 10:50:00 AM
From Authorid: 36704
Once 18 and out of highschool I don't think anyone should have a curfew.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 12:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 32193
i dont have one.. my parents just tell me a time before i leave the house... lol but the curfew to be walking around the streets when your a teen is 10.. but iv never gotten in trouble bein out walkin around at 11... so w/e lol  |
Date: 7/10/2004 12:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 24732
The town I live in never had any curfew laws and my parents never set a curfew for me either. Even when I was younger I never had a bed time. I always managed to go to bed at a decent time though.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 1:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 23075
curfews for the city I live in I beleive if they are a certain age they have to be in like 10. I for one was never for having curfews for my girls. I knew where they were....who they were with...what they were doing....and when they got to their destination it was required that they call me and let me know they were there safely and when they left to come home or go somewhere else they had to call home.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 1:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 24319
When I was younger and my father was still living in our house, bedtime on school says was 8:30, MAYBE 9 if you we were good that day and there was something on TV that we wanted to watch. When my father left (I was 13) any curfew that we had went out the window.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 3:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 62249
If your going to set a curfew, it should be for everyone, people of all ages. - MC Bacon  |
Date: 7/10/2004 3:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 53157
Im 16 and i usually walk downtown and curfew down there is 10 but i have to be home by 8 or at least 8:30 so im up here by the time it gets dark cause i have to walk a lil ways and if im out it all depends sometimes it could be midnight and sometimes 11 it all depends.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 5:17:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53961
Thanks guys. It's good to hear the different perspectives. It's rough from a parent's viewpoint. Maybe I worry too much, but I don't think in this day and age we can do that too much.  |
Date: 7/10/2004 5:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 52155
I think once the kids become teens, the curfew level should be based on their maturity levels. If they can handle being out later, then so be it. If not, then it is earlier. Around my parents house I always had to let my parent know when I would be home (even after high school,) and I had to stick to it. I could set the time, but I had better be in the house when that time came round. And I feel that as long as your kids are living in your house, yoiu have every right to set the rules on curfew. If they don't like it, they can go get a place of their own...  |
Date: 7/10/2004 7:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 12966
I'm 17, almost 18, I don't have a curfew as long as my parents know who I'm with and where I am going and I don't wake them up when I get home. My parents trust me b/c I have never given them a reason not to.  |
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Date: 7/10/2004 7:49:00 PM
From Authorid: 12966
i have to tell my parents when I will be home, and if its gonna be any later than that I have to call them by midnight and tell them I'll be late |
Date: 7/10/2004 10:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 19460
Well, my kids are 11, 7, and 5... so they are usually in before dark But if they have friends overnight, they are allowed to go out and jump on the trampoline til whenever they poop out and come in... we live wayyyyy out in the country. They cant get far and would be too scared to try LOL Now when I was growing up, during the summer when we were kids we had to be in at 9 or before dark whichever came first. When we got to be teens we had to be in at 9 on school nights, 11 on weekends. When I got about 16, my curfew depended on who I was going to be with. If I was with my best friend, who was very trustworthy, we had no curfew. If it was a certain boy I was dating named Kennth that my mom and dad worshiped, my curfew was 2 am. It just depended.  |
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Date: 7/11/2004 1:13:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 53961
Like I tell my children, it's not YOUR driving I worry about at 2 a.m. when the bars close... |
