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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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 and
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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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Do curfews keep teens out of trouble? I personally believe that curfews will not prevent teenagers from getting into trouble. Even with a curfew teens will eventually find a way to do whatever they want. If that means skiving school‚ sneaking out or lying. Sneaking out would give teenagers that adrenaline rush which would make them feel powerful and unstoppable‚ so why wouldn’t they want to do it? Also‚ having a curfew just adds stress on a teen‚ because we will freak out about running late. Does
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BABY Essay #1 (500 words) Should teens have babies? Do you think teens are mature enough to raise a child? What is the best environment for a child? Are two parents better than one? Are mature parents better than teens? What impact does environment have on a child? Include evidence from your readings to support your opinions. Essay #2 (200 words) Does teaching abstinence work? Is it better to educate teenagers on how to have sex safely or teach them not to have sex at all? What are the pros
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Students under the age of seventeen have a curfew of 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 12 am on Friday and Saturday. The curfew ensures that all students should have no business in a public place or out on the streets late at night. There are obviously some valid reasons why this is enforced and I am completely in favor of this decision. Many dangerous kinds of people come out late at night to see if they can get kids into some kind of trouble. Kids get kidnapped‚ raped and killed out in the open
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City council notices that teens are getting into more trouble than usual lately so they decide its time to take action. However‚ the plain they’ve come up with isn’t very realistic. They’ve proposed the adoption of a 10:00pm curfew on weekdays and midnight on weekends. This may sound like a good idea to many council members as a way to cut down on juvenile crime‚ however how is just a curfew going to stop them if they clearly don’t care about rules‚ also‚ many teens now work late on weekdays and
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and states 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
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Everyone wants to have his or her own space and time to manage. When 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
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Curfew struggle Does a curfew keep teens out of trouble? A curfew is designed to set rules within a home while still providing freedom for the child. Many parents believe curfews will help prevent teen delinquency and keep teens out of trouble. Curfews are also meant to cut down on dangerous activities such as drinking and driving. Giving teens a curfew is a nice way of telling them they are too stupid to make decisions on thier own and can not be trusted to come home at a decent hour
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