Should City Council Be Allowed To Curfew On Teenagers?

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A city council is debating the adoption of a 10 p.m. weekday curfew and a midnight weekend curfew for teenagers. If the curfew is adopted, teenagers on the streets after those hours would be breaking the law. If this curfew is put in place, it will put an unfair and unnecessary interference on the lives of not just teenagers, but their families as well. Most teenagers have responsibilities, like jobs, whose hours may sometimes run past 10 p.m., so they are not able to be in the house by that time. Also, city council installing a curfew doesn't mean teenagers won't get in trouble. It just means that teenagers will find trouble when they can, which is, earlier in the day. Lastly, city council does not have the right to add a curfew on teenagers. That decision should be strictly help upon the …show more content…
City council cannot interfere with the lives of teenagers by enforcing a curfew because it effects not just them, but their entire household. It's no secret that teenagers get into a lot of trouble while they have the freedoms and privileges of driving a car. Teenagers find new ways to have fun that later lead to trouble. Adding a curfew to teenagers lives does not limit the opportunities to cause trouble. A curfew simply decreases the time period and makes teenagers get done what they have to do in a shorter period of time. Teenagers aren't looking for trouble while they are out late at night, they are looking for entertainment and something to do. Rather than installing a curfew for teenagers, it is a better idea to not let teenagers into some places and adding an age limit unless they are accompanied by an adult. A curfew is again an unnecessary restriction on people's lives. Government cannot control all aspects of someone's life. They can help monitor teenagers and they can keep them as safe as possible when they are out there, but city council has no right when to tell people they need to be in the house. That judgment should be left up to only the teenager

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