Should there be a curfew imposed on teenagers?
Many people believe that the “teen years” are supposed to be the time these
young adults goof around have fun and just do some stupid things. Curfews give
lots of safety to kids. It helps them stay out of trouble late at night. Many
parents appreciate curfews because their kids are home at reasonable time, but
not all teens appreciate curfews rules.
They say that 9:00 pm
should be the curfew for kids under age of 17, but for me children’s parents
should be the ones to determine their curfews. Yes! There should be a legal
curfew 17 and below. Teenagers under the age of 17 have no business hanging
around street corners all hours of the night. Night time brings out a class of
predator those teenagers do not need to be associating with; A legal curfew
would keep teenagers away from gang, violence and drug dealers. There are two ideas on
why there should be curfews set up everywhere for teens. The first is as
parents it’s their responsibility to keep their children safe, so they need to
know when to expect a teenager to be home. Parents need to know when their
child is coming home so that they can get some sleep. Second is that setting up
a curfew will keep a teen out of trouble legally?
The first idea is that
as parents it’s their responsibility to keep their children safe, and monitor
their daily activities, so they need to know what time their teenager is coming
home. In the first place every teenager needs to get at least nine hours of
sleep every night, so their brain can actually get some rest after a stressful
day of work, getting enough sleep will give your brain a chance to process the
important and unimportant information that has accumulated over the last couple
of hours. Of equal importance, if a teen is not able to get the hours of sleep
required, he or she may not be able to concentrate in class, because they may
not be able to even open their eyes, therefore causing a downfall in this
teen’s grades.
The second idea is
that imposing curfews would help keep teenagers out of trouble legally. In
support of this teenagers are curious to try and explore new things, and they
may not always be good things, they may not know whether it is the right thing
to do or not, imposing a curfew would in a way help them not to make mistakes
that may affect their future, or something that they will regret for the rest
of their lives.
Consequently, most
teens are influenced into smoking, drinking, and taking drugs because of peer
pressure, these few things can get you into a lot of trouble with the law since
you are doing these things that are prohibited to patrons that are underage. Many
Parents set up rules, and other boundaries in which their teens must follow.
These rules are usually placed
over their teens to control, protect, and teach their teen. Even though most
parents mean well, and some rules
are necessary it’s easy to overwhelm teens with regulations. We are only just
teenagers; we do not know what are happening outside of the world. We are not
old enough to make a right decision to our selves. Parents are the one who
knows what the best for their child.
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