adoption of a 10 p.m. weekday curfew and midnight curfew for teenagers. If this curfew is adopted‚ teenagers on the streets after those hours would be considered breaking the law. I support this adoption because we would be keeping the city safer and keeping the young adults safe and out of trouble after dark. To begin with‚ this curfew will keep them out of trouble after the adopted times. Not saying that we could stop all of them from going out after this curfew and catch them‚ but we could enforce
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is one thing everyone wants to 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
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A curfew is needed for people who stay out late and cause mischief. Towns without a curfew have higher crime rates than those who refuse or do not have a set curfew. Three things that I believe can be hindered by adding a curfew are vandalism‚ kidnappings‚ and drunk driving. These types of deviant actions are mostly done late at night and a curfew would immensely help the rates of these three crimes go way down. (http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v1n2/males.html) Vandalism is a problem for many towns across
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them. Imagine if the last time you saw your younger sibling/cousin you saw them‚ you see them getting escorted into a big metal cage and you watch as the door slams right in their little faces. It would be awful seeing that. Kids under the age of 16 should not go to jail‚ even if they do commit the heinous of crimes‚ because they are children. Adolescents are old enough to understand the difference between right and wrong‚ but they are too young to make the right choices yet. As Laurence Steinberg‚
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experience life. A child can sometimes not be as wise as an older person. When they are out with their friends they can do things that could get them into trouble and all because they thought it would be fun. A child under the age of 16 should have a curfew. A curfew can help children learn that sleep is essential‚ they can learn about responsibility‚ and it could keep children safe. In a journal‚ an author talks about situations in which children have been killed during late hours. What business
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family member (“Teen Driving Laws”). An example of this would be a sibling‚ parent‚ or child of the driver (“Teen Driving Laws”). I’m sure all of you know of these restricting rules because we are forced to follow them.
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Curfews for juveniles – Do they work? With the Western Australian State Government’s introduction of the Young People in Northbridge Policy‚ the issue of juvenile curfews is both current and prevalent within our community. In recognising this issue as one of considerable interest‚ this paper introduces and critiques the Young People in Northbridge Policy and juvenile curfews more generally‚ leading to a statement of Outcare’s position on the matter. Background: Responding to juvenile delinquency
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eager to start working and become independent. Although a beneficial balance of school and extracurricular activities as well as employment can be productive‚ it is very difficult to maintain. If a student is intending on going to college‚ he or she should only hold very minimal and flexible employment. A part-time job interferes with school in many situations. Even if the job is held after school and on weekends‚ many beneficial extracurricular activities operate at times that do not conflict with
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With the development of our modern society‚ peoples living conditions become much more comfortable. But along with intense competition‚ parents have less time to consider children needs in all-round. One method to solve this contradiction is to give children some pocket money. Pocket money is useful to children. But whether the children are considerable enough to make correct use of these money. There are two viewpoints about the pocket money. Some people think that giving children pocket money will
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Ban teenagers from tanning salons Five percent of the business at San Diego’s Hollywood Tans was from teenagers. The number of teenagers going to tanning salons is on the rise. The annual revenue brought in by teenagers using the salons has reached five billion dollars (California 1). Although it helps the tanning salon industry‚ it is a huge health threat to the teenagers. They can get sunburned which the inflammation of the skin is caused by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation. It is
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