Impact of Curfew on Teenagers Essay

When your mom and dad demand you to be home at a certain time, do you feel like they are trying to make you mad or keep you safe? Parents require their kids to be home for their own safety. Most troubling situations, involving teenagers, happen during the late hours when they’re out and about without supervision. Numerous crimes teenagers carry out crimes during those “after curfew” hours. According to Madd.org, four thousand three hundred teens are killed yearly from alcohol. If your teens are out late without adult supervision, they are more likely to drink due to peer pressure and to drive under the influence to get back home. Setting a curfew for teens will decrease the chance of them drinking and failing to use their refusal skills. Another…

Having a weekend and weekday curfew would be a good thing for teenagers now a days. It may even teach them a lesson or two about what and what not to do in life. I know if i was a parent i would not want my kids running around late at night. They tend to want to stay out and get into and explore new things but this right here should put a stop to that nonsense. Teenagers need to be home and in bed around a decent time, they could get hurt or worse roaming around midnight and it keeps them from…

Curfews In the article, “Minor restrictions” by Anthony Cowell from SIRS says that, the U.S. Department of Justice has reported the criminal offences made by juveniles from 1988 to 1992, has gone up by 26 percent. In 1992, the typical offender was younger than it was in 1988. Youth under 16 were responsible for 62 percent of of offences against people. By 2010, the number of juvenile arrests is estimated to double according to the Department of Justice. Murder alone, is expected to increase…

Teenagers across America have curfews, it’s always been that way, but how would kids and teens react to having curfew set by law rather than their parents? Past a set time, teenagers off all ages have to be treated unfairly, like criminals. Why should innocent teens be punished for doing nothing wrong? If someone robbed a bank, would the people at the bank get arrested? No, so why should teens be any different? Just because they’re not adults, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have their born rights.…

With curfews being implemented it lessens the worries of parents who have children and they can have peace in mind. Parents can feel at ease knowing that their child is safe. They give parents peace of mind. Implementing curfew laws means that those under 18 years of age will be able to get as much adult supervision as possible, lessening the chances of them getting involved in juvenile crime and violence.Adolescents are programmed to hate curfew because they think it’s about control or…

A majority of young people drink out of weariness, to overlook their day by day concerns or on account of family, school or relationship issues (Educalccol, 2009). I remember me and my friends would go have a couple of drinks when school got stressful, or someone’s parents were being selfish and ungenerous. There were some nights when I did not feel like drinking. However, my mood would change quickly when I heard my friends were going out. I found some research that agrees with my mood changing…

When in the course of human events, I as a teenager, am at that point in life where I have to stop relying on my parents and am becoming more responsible with my own issues and tasks. I need to cut these ties with them and become my own person, I need to become independent. I, as a teenager, have written this Declaration of Independence to show why I am going, why I need, to become independent. I hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by…

And about four or more drinks can cause you to pass out, and causing you to lose memory of what happened while you were drunk, feel sick, miss school, or behave in ways that don’t even seem like you. Consuming alcohol also has many negative effects towards family such as becoming violent and moody, such as getting into violent fights with your parents or friends or anyone really. You start to not respecting your curfews, giving bad examples to your younger or older siblings by always arguing…

When sexting was introduced there was a high amount of usage right from the beginning. The new phenomenon in 2009 created a new outlet for teenagers to engage in real sexual talk with there peers. Where before there was only the awkward face-to-face communication. Once sexting was around for awhile teenagers understood how to use it better, and even apps were created to help keep everyone safe. Sexting when used in a healthy matter can be rewarding and safe for teenagers are wanting to engage…

In the late 1950s Gwendolyn Brooks writes “We Real Cool”. During this time it was the middle of the civil rights movement and that had a big impact on her writing and this poem in particular. In this poem she writes about her observation of a group of kids and what they must be thinking and feeling. It appears to the reader the kids in the poem are rebellious because she writes about them doing things such as skipping school and drinking. The style of writing is very simplistic, but conveys a…