Curfew for 16 year old that’s about to be 17 in a couple months?
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Anonymous
| Junior in high school. What do you think is reasonable? |
Anonymous
| 11pm |
Anonymous
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Depends on the event…
But typically home in the evening post practice unless attending a school function or something really special On the weekend between 11:30-12:00 |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| None, do it dependent on where they are going. |
Anonymous
| My son has to be in by 10pm on school nights and 12:30am on weekend nights. That lets him hang out with friends until about midnight and has driving time home. He will be 17 in February. If there is a special occasion, we can make changes. |
Anonymous
This is what we do with DD, who just turned 17. It matters where she is going, with whom, weather conditions, who is driving, etc. Usually it’s no later than 11 on weekends because there’s rarely reason to be out past that, but we are flexible if the activity runs later and just ask that DD text us at agreed on times. |
Anonymous
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I have a homebody son who never needed a curfew because he didn't like going out at night. Now he's in college, and he occasionally parties late. My teen daughter wakes up freakishly early and gets sleepy at 9pm, so maybe I'll avoid this curfew thing altogether. But like PPs, if she were to go out in the evening, the curfew would depend on the situation. |
Anonymous
| It depends on the event. For a concert, I would say 1:30 or 2 am. For just hanging out with friends, midnight (some movies may run a little later with travel home, and if so, if my kid is going to one, that is fine). I am assuming this is on a weekend - for a school night it would be earlier. |
Anonymous
| Another with no curfew here. Our son turns 17 in a month, junior with use of a car. He tells us where he’ll be, and proposes a time to be home. We don’t want him on certain roads past 9 or 10 on Friday and Saturday night due to the crazy drag racing, so he’ll be home by 10 or plot a different route home. If he’s had a game (he is an athlete) we’ll ask him to think about whether he is too tired to drive safely at 11pm or whatever. It’s a conversation. That said, he is a low key kid, not a risk taker, and acts reasonably. I can see how for another kid a curfew would prevent constant arguments and provide clarity. |
Anonymous
| Midnight - 15 year old |
Anonymous
| Same here. No curfew. We discuss where, when and how they are going and agree on when they will be back. |
Anonymous
| My kid didn’t gave a curfew but even at 18, I ashes him to estimate when he might be home, just so I could go to bed (I’m a worrier but never restricted his activities or grilled him about where he was going). |
Anonymous
+1. |
Anonymous
+2 My 16 yo daughter went to a concert in Philly with a friend. She didn’t get home until after 2 but I knew where she was and I knew it would be late. If she’s going to a friends to hang out I usually like her home by midnight. |