what kind of curfew were you given as a kid?

[rasczak]

the whole curfew thing came to mind after hearing, this girl had a midnight curfew as a 14y/o

i was given a 6pm curfew, we lived in a rough part of san diego and my mom was just being cautious. i would think during this day and age, a midnight curfew is a bit excessive, espeically for a 14 y/o girl.

 

[CRXican]

I don't think I ever had one

 

[mmntech]

I never had one but that's because I never stayed out late.

 

[compbuilder00]

From 8 - 12 it was 9 o clock in the house and bed at 10. When I was 13 and my parents gave me the room in the basement and I never had a parent enforced curfew again.

 

[dfuze]

till the street lights came on

 

[Anubis]

Dark or Dinner something like that when was little, once in MS/HS i didn't have one really
i however grew up in the boonies however, we didn't even have street lights

also

NON VIDEO LINK FFS

 

[rcpratt]

Poll is way too general, my curfew changed throughout my childhood.

I'm answering for high school I guess, since that's when I had a car and utilized my curfew the most. Pretty sure it was 10pm, I think I might have gotten it to 11pm my senior year. Yes this is ridiculous, and yes this was a source of much argument with my parents.

 

[vshah]

never had one but i was mostly home tinkering with computers or playing with legos anyway. also in high school everyone would come to my house

 

[mb]

Hmm I think 10pm in my early teens, maybe midnight - 1amish 16-17, and basically no curfew when I was 18 in HS.

 

[novasatori]

I dunno, when I really started to care about staying out past whenever my parents would say no, I was already sneaking out at night.

 

[Gooberlx2]

8pm when I was little, which eroded as I got older. By the time I was driving, my folks tried setting curfews at around 12am, but usually settled for a phone call if I was going to be late.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Pretty much when it got dark out, when I was in High school it relaxed and little on weekends for hanging out with friends time.

 

[MrPickins]

In HS it was 11 or midnight, can't really remember.

But since we lived way out in the country, I'd usually spend all weekend in town at friends houses. The only way my parents knew where I was is when they would call my pager.

 

[DesiPower]

till the street lights came on

this

 

[Anubis]

wht did you link to a vid about a teacher burning her husband in a car?

 

[Possessed Freak]

When I was young it was sunset.

When I was older it was... whenever. Never abused it, never gave my parents an excuse to ground me.

 

[JulesMaximus]

When I was in high school my Mom wanted us in bed by 11 on the weekends but we snuck out so many times until 2-3am. I used to sleep till noon on Saturdays and Sundays.

 

[rasczak]

wht did you link to a vid about a teacher burning her husband in a car?

lol oops. let me take the link out. it was supposed to be about a dead body found. it may be that of a 14y/o girl who disappeared two nights before. she had a midnight curfew that i was wondering about.

 

[Ruptga]

I never had one but that's because I never stayed out late.

Me too. On the few times I did they just said to call by X if I won't be home by then.

 

[BurnItDwn]

On weekdays was midnight once I got into middle school.
Weekends I could pretty much stay over with friends or friends could stay over as late as we wanted, as long as parents knew where everyone was.
High School .. no curfew, which is good because I sometimes worked at my job until 2am my junior/senior years.

 

[ichy]

In Virginia drivers who were under 18 technically weren't supposed to drive after midnight. In theory that's when my parents told me to be home, but they never enforced it and I wasn't a troublemaker so it wasn't really an issue.

 

[blinblue]

Never really had one, but I was never out past midnight very often anyway. Perhaps if I abused my freedom they would have instituted some rules, but that never had to come about. I think I had (well, still have) some pretty awesome parents

 

[Paladin3]

I was raised by my father and once I was old enough to drive he didn't really care what I did. I was going to high school and working weekends and full-time in the summer. I came and went as I wanted for the most part.

I've got three kids now. My son is 19 and off to college, which leaves two girls, 14 and 10, still at home. We live in a very safe community, but neither girl goes out unless I know where they are going, who they will be with, and when they will return.

I'm usually the parent doing the drop-offs and pick-ups. They have to pick up their cells if I call and they better be where they said. Any curfew I set is early enough that they can get home, finish their chores and any homework and get to bed early enough for a good 8-9 hours sleep on a school night. On Friday and Saturday they may be out a a bit later, but not much.

Arbitrary curfews are a joke, especially if the parents have no idea what their kid is out doing and only want them home at a certain time. It's more important to talk openly with your kids, know their friends, meet their friends parents and stay involved enough to help them develop a good sense of judgment for later in life.

As for the mom who let her 14 year old daughter go off with the 19 year old guy...well, not the best parenting skills to say the least.

 

[olds]

When I was in high school, my curfew was "be home when you say you are going to be home".
If I said I'd be home at 4 AM, I better be home at 4 AM. If I got home at 4:01 AM, I got my ass kicked.

 

[PricklyPete]

My parents didn't care. I was their one son with 5 sisters...I was the last person they worried about.