Curfews Should Be Taught In Schools

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How late is actually too late? Curfews are regulatory times that require people to be indoors according to a fixed schedule. It is meant to ensure one's safely while simultaneously making sure people are inside in a timely manner. Certain areas have curfews incorporated into their legislation. As a result, though, curfews have been met with protests. Teens argue that earlier curfews hinder social lifestyles; likewise, the parents feel that there is a necessity of earlier curfews as they guarantee security. Curfews can potentially hinder teen exploits; by the same token, though, they solidify a sense of safety.

Curfews can act as a means of safety. Having the leisure of freely roaming can bring on irresponsibility. The youth should only be able to attend school, participate in extracurricular activities, and come home. If allowed reign over these events, children will begin to stray from the schedule, and thus jeopardize their safety. The only way to ensure their safety is by maintaining a strict schedule. If the children cannot freely roam, then they will have a definite sense of safety. However, is this means of "shackling" the youth effective?
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If they are caged by a curfew, then they are more likely to protest it. This is the time that children begin to develop relationships, and the curfew could be a hindrance towards these efforts. Only through conversing and compromise will the feel they have liberty. Enabling children to have reign over their schedules is the first step in assuming responsibility, and each child should be allowed the opportunity. Just how much liberty, though, can the children be