troubles with friends and family. Curfew is a time that minors must be inside by or else they are in trouble. Even though no curfews may allow for more fun sometimes‚ there are many more reasons why having curfews are better. Curfews over the years have lowered teenage crime rates by 23 percent around the world. Some people believe that Curfews do not lower the crime rates in our generation of teens. “Studies in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma showed that arrests rose despite the curfew law.” That might be true‚ but
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had a curfew? Having to be home at a certain time before you get in trouble with either your parents or even the law. This is very annoying because some teens have a reason to be out late and don’t cause trouble. Not only do we as teens get in trouble but‚ “There is also parental responsibility in the curfew laws. Parents can be held responsible if their children are caught out after curfew.”(Pima County Sheriff Department) The government shouldn’t enforce teen curfews because sometimes teens have
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When it comes to teens having curfews‚ it does help keep them out of trouble. Parents don’t like setting a curfew for their teens‚ but it is sometimes enforced. Curfews where set in the 19th century when America’s cities swelled with millions of unsupervised teens. Like laws mandating school attendance and banning child labor‚ the argument went‚ curfews would improve individual lives even as they protected the social order (Zimmerman). Curfews are to help protect the teens from getting in trouble
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Curfew is and always will be a problem for teenagers. When you tell a teen what to do they go totally against your word. Most teenagers feel that they need liberty and need to enjoy their lives. Recently‚ the city council is considering a curfew that will make it illegal for all jersey city teens to be out on the streets after 10pm. Freedom means a lot to teenagers and if that gets taken away‚ they will be practically left with nothing. The curfew law can effect adolescents negatively because many
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Curfew Having the time of your life with your best friends‚ it’s just past dusk when suddenly you hear sirens. You’re not sure what you did wrong‚ yet the cops still pulled up to you and your friends‚ and now you’re in trouble. Apparently this thing called “curfew” is why the cops are taking you back to the station. Curfew started in the 1990’s when cities with rising crime rate with teen. Most curfew hours are in the evening and night. Curfew is a law that limits the hours that teenagers under
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Youth curfews are popular. In poll after poll‚ Americans support laws that restrict teenagers’ activities during certain hours of the day and night. Youth curfews are also logical. If youngsters are getting into trouble‚ it makes sense to get them off the streets. There’s only one problem with youth curfews: They don’t work. And we shouldn’t kid ourselves that they do. Yet that’s what we’re doing in Philadelphia‚ where Mayor Nutter recently extended a 9 p.m. curfew on Friday and Saturday nights
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do‚ it’s to keep our kids safe. There are times when safety can be taken too far. The curfew does nothing but unfairly interfere with the lives of teenagers. The main reason some want the curfew to be accepted is because of the paranoia of some parents. More time at night gives teens more time to socialize. Plus‚ they can also text their parents to tell them everything is fine. There are a lot of teens who don’t spend much time with others. This may be due to school‚ jobs‚ or after school
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Should teens have a curfew? Many people say that "teen years" are supposed to be the time of our lives‚ have fun‚ do stupid things. However‚ some teens have a little too much fun and seem to do reckless things. Setting a curfew for a teen will keep a teen out of trouble legally. Teens should have a curfew because it is for their safety as well as setting boundaries. Especially during the schoolyear because they still need a decent amount of sleep at night. During
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creating a law that forces teens to be home at a certain hour or receive harsh punishments? “Age is not an accomplishment‚ and youth is not a sin” (Robert Heinlein). When a curfew is established the effected people‚ who are the teenagers‚ are not asked for their vote or opinion‚ they are not being allowed to exercise their freedom of speech. Although some people believe that there should be a law made for children to be home at a certain hour‚ government should not be allowed to mandate curfews for children
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In the U.S.‚ cities are debating if teens should have a curfew in order to keep them out of trouble and safe. During a person’s teenage years‚ teens often feel like no one understands them; they are trying to seek their own independence and most of the time it ends them getting into trouble. Having a curfew in place also means that kids under the age of 18 have to be under some sort of adult supervision and keeps teens of the roads at later hours. Parents tend to feel more relieved when they know
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