Do curfews really keep our teens out of trouble? Parents force their teenagers to come home at a certain time. The only problem is will they abide to their parent’s rules? Curfews might seem like the solution to keep our teenagers out of trouble but let’s not kid ourselves‚ curfews do not work. Curfews make our teenagers rebel against our rules‚ our kids can be in danger even inside our homes‚ and curfews do not prevent our children from doing drugs or alcohol. Teenagers must have their freedom
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Looking for freedom is human nature. Everyone wants to have his or her own space and time to manage. As teenagers‚ we sought for independence and try hard to decide for ourselves‚ but our parents set a lot of rules at home for us and sometimes even strict family curfews. Thus it has often been argued by teenagers that their parents are too controlling and do not give them enough freedom. In the modern society‚ students think that controlling parents are “old-fashioned” and “should loosen up”. Other
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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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you were a teenager‚ you sought for independence and tried to decide by yourself‚ but when you become a parent‚ can you still remember to let your children be free and have faith in them? Most parents will forget the feeling they experienced when they were teenagers and forgot to make the things right when they become moms or dads. They set a lot of rules at home for their kids and sometimes even strict family curfews. But do they work? Can they really keep teens out of trouble‚ or do they make it
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in the US that are enforcing a curfew law for all teens. A curfew law shouldn’t be necessary to keep teens out of trouble. Teenagers are just kids and are going to make mistakes. You can’t punish all of the teenagers in the town‚ because a few are getting in trouble. It’s unfair to kids and unfair to the parents that have trust in their kids. You don’t want to punish all of the teenagers with a curfew law‚ because it limits the teens lives. A curfew law gets teenagers home before a certain time and
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Word: Ebullient 1) Part Of Speech: Adjective 2) Origin Of Word: 1590–1600; < Latin ēbullient- (stem of ēbulliēns ’boiling up‚’ present participle of ēbullīre )‚ equivalent to ē- e-1 + bulli- (derivative of bulla ’a bubble’) + -ent- -ent )Definition: overflowing with fervor‚ enthusiasm‚ or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor. bubbling up like a boiling liquid. My Sentence: Janice’s ebullient personality won her many friends
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Curfews and Troubles Now a days‚ the rate of teenagers been harmed or got into trouble is increasing rapidly for they are having not much of a trouble to get out of their house at night. Maybe we can also put it in a way that the parents of the present society are getting weaker as time goes in controlling the actions of their children. A solution has came up to solve this problem‚ that is curfew. But a question came along‚ do curfews keep teens out of trouble? In my opinion‚ I do think that curfews
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seventeen have an 11:00 PM curfew? Purpose: convince teenagers to stay home at night. Audience: teenagers and parents. Teenagers’ Curfew Should people under the age of 17 have an 11:00 pm curfew? Some people think that teenagers should be allowed to go out after 11:00 pm because it is fun. After school and finising schoolwork‚ teenagers want to hang out with their friends and may have a teen party at their friends’ house. Other people believe that teenagers should be allowed to go out after 11:00 pm because
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Sports keep teens out of trouble Nate Rowe Avid 1B High school sports require around 14 hours per week‚ of a students’ time. This time is only the time spent with the team at school mandated activities. It does not include events like team dinners‚ fundraisers‚ time practicing by yourself. After an athlete spends all this time at practice‚ why would they want to go cause trouble? Most athletes would be too exhausted to even do anything after the time they spend at practice. I believe sports
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Curfew is a set time which teenagers will have to schedule their activities around. Generally‚ this curfew doesn’t change and helps your teen to understand boundaries. It is a wonderful idea for teens to have curfews because it teaches them to be responsible and also considerate of other people around them. As teenagers‚ it is natural for adolescents to feel like their freedoms are being taken away and that their parents don’t know what is best. However‚ curfew is put in place for the direct opposite
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