As teens get older and can go out on their own, having a curfew becomes a reality. Although having a curfew can be annoying because students might want to stay out later, it could keep us safer and on a good sleep schedule. Or is it better to have no curfew at all?
In a world full of careless parents, there are a few parents still out there who put their children on strict timings when coming home late at night.
“My parents give me a curfew for 12 am when coming home on a night out. To me this is fair because I normally come home before that anyways and I think it is late enough. Although I have broken curfew a few times, getting my phone taken away isn’t that extreme of a punishment to me,” junior Anders Weishan said.
Junior Zayd Cartagena also has a curfew. “My curfew is 1 am on the weekends. To me its a fair curfew because that’s usually when all my friends decide to go home anyways,” he said.
But are some parents considered too strict giving their children curfews? However many students don’t have a curfew.
“I have never had a curfew, I think it is awesome not having a curfew because I constantly get to stay out late,” sophomore Brady Lindholm said. “The latest I’ve stayed out on a weekend night was probably till 6 in the morning and my parents did not get mad at me,” Brady said.
“My parents don’t believe in curfews because they say that as long as they have my location and trust me there’s no reason as to why I would have to shorten a night out with my friends to sit at home,” sophomore Pavle Dragicevic said. “So as long as I don’t break their trust they let me stay out as late as i’d like,” Pavle said.
Some parents strongly believe in curfews.
“I believe that midnight is a reasonable curfew for my high school children because I trust them,” teacher Matthew Susek said. “If they broke curfew one night without communicating they would simply lose an hour next time they want to go out, so instead of coming home at midnight they come home at 11pm. I think having curfew for your children is beneficial because you have to have boundaries for your kids,”.
