Do you give your teenagers a curfew?

My kids are pretty responsible. They know I like them home by 11 on weekends and 10 on weeknights. I have never told them that this is their curfew.

What time do you think is an appropriate curfew for teenagers? My boys are 15 and 17.

I think that is a good time. I would not let my daughter out late on school nights. Her curfew would be 9 pm. Of course right now she is only 12 and she has no curfew. She either goes and spends the night or I pick her up after the event that she went to.

I think that's pretty standard. I was supposed to be home no later than 10 when I was a teen, and my parents never said it was "my curfew," either - I just knew it was a reasonable time to be home. This might be the key: if you tell them it's a curfew, they might feel "controlled" and tempted to break it.

A friend of mine just told me that she told her daughter who is a senior in high school, 17 yrs old, that at midnight the door gets locked. If she isn't home by then she had better make sure she has a key with her to get in the house.

I would be to nervous if my teenager wasn't home by midnight without knowing where he was to go to bed!

To implement rule to your children is very important. This is to not only to guide them in their growing up, but also to keep things in order. Maybe giving a curfew to them would help them to be time conscious. What are other rules you've imposed to them?

I would really implement this curfew as the first rule in the house. Getting home late if your child is just in highschool is definitely a no-no. But if there's activities at school like prom or something then that's where they're free to go home late.

I don't believe school kids should stay out late on week nights, unless it is a school activity. On weekends 11 is a good time. I'll settle for 12 if it is a special event. Kids staying out until the early hours of the morning are looking for trouble. I allowed them to sleep over at friend's houses since they were small.

my daughter is still to young for me to decide on curfews. but when i was a teen, i had to be home by 9pm on school nights, and 11pm on weekends. my parents would rather have my friends sleep over on weekends rather than have me stay out too late.

I agree with those times. One way my mom taught me to go to bed early was.. she'd let me stay up as late as I wanted but then I'd be exhausted the next day. Ever since then, when I'm tired, I go home or go to bed. This way, they learn it on their own.

I have a weird feeling I'd be a pretty strict parent though. I would probably go an hour earlier for both

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