who will police this law you speak of?

do the crime do the time no matter how old you are, stop kissing their butts, and punish the wrongdoers, then the kids doing the right thing can have a life

no, not curfew, give them compulsory military or non military(civil defence) training, and give them a purpose in life.

REALLY, who wants a dictorship.... Better chk the crime figures, When you start infringing on peoples choice, you are becoming or encouraging facism.... This is really frightening... How would u like laws that take away some of your freedom... Sounds like you are working for WEF or are insane.... But you still have the freedom to choose. REALLY SAD

Good idea in theory. But enforcement would be difficult.

Sounds like a good idea but try putting that into law and you will see what a tough fight that might be. I definitely would support a law like this as in my neighborhood I hear teenagers walking late at night screaming, yelling and simply disregarding the fact that people might be sleeping and they are not even from our neighborhood. No one says anything because that will just insight them more. Hopefully someday they will grow up and realize how silly that is. Wishful thinking I know but I can try.

Children should have curfews but if the parents aren't up to it then law enforcement should step in. I don't like the "nanny" state but some parents don't want to "parent" their children.

In the 1960s I had a 10pm curfew and it was “normal” for me. It still is.

If children under 18 get into trouble then parents should be liable for any damages fines etc. It's like a vehicle. If it goes out of control through neglect or miss use, the owner or driver is responsible. If you have children, you should be responsible for them until they're considered an adult. Those who leave home at a younger age should have to be reported by their parents so they are no longer responsible for them.

I think teenagers under the age of 18 who commit crimes should be subjected to curfews or locked up in juvenile detentions. But for other teenagers under the age of 18, their parents should set down curfews and stricter consequences. It is tough though for parents these days, as it seems like the laws are on the side of children and against parents.

No

If you decided to have children…either birth, adoption or foster children…you are therefore RESPONSIBLE for them, which means if they (children) get into trouble you are the parent and therefore must accept the punishment…

Not all crimes are committed by teenagers under 18 and not all teenagers are out looking for trouble either so I don't agree with this.It's all down to trust and discipline within the family environment.

I was such a naive parent. Just me with teenage daughter as husband had bad stroke when she had just turned 13 and he was/is in care. One night she rings from a party that i was coming to pick her up from at midnight. She begs and pleads that there were only 4 of them left to sleep over and the mum was there. I don't know what i was thinking and am deeply ashamed. Picked her up the next morning. The party was definitely still roaring at midnight- the person she mentioned i thought was a girl's house was actually a guy's house. The mum was there but upstairs- all the kids downstairsthough my daughter said she went upstairs to be with the mum as things were crazy- who knows if thats true. Sigh. After that i learnt to actually to check directly with the parents. Amazing the times they would say oh yes the dad or mum is home and then you ring mum or dad and no- they aren't home. The classic was with her first full-on madly in love boyfriend. She said his mum said it was ok for her to sleep over. BF told his mum I said it was ok for her to sleep over at his. haha- we did ring each other and had a bit of a laugh. They were 17 and eventually did do "sleepovers". The ending of that first love was so painful for her and it was so awful to see her like that. Oops have totally gone off topic!!

Do you really think a curfew will stop a teenager from going out? These things should have been taught before they started school. there are no bad children just poor parenting. Do not forget a number of 15-18 year old could be working at night.

Don't know about 18, but maybe 15-16 y.o. where we live the problem is with 16 & under.

yes.

seems to me that our 'education'system ought to spend more time teaching kids about respect and responsibility rather than enculcating them with their 'inalienable rights' and their 'freedom of choice'. Well, at least a more balanced view of the responsibilities of being a social being

yes there should be a curfew the law is too soft on these young kids and the older ones know this and get them to do there dirty work

I was working at 15 and could go out on Saturday night with mates to the movies. Dad told me IF you want out mid week you ask.

Yes they should not be out at night stealing cars and breaking into businesses. Hooning around neighbourhoods and causing damage to other peoples belongings and properties. When I was growing up I had to be home as soon as the street lights came on. The youth of day are doing a lot more than I did when I was a kid and they are getting younger and younger every year. They are 10, 11,12 year olds stealing cars and then setting them alight afterwards. Either give them a curfew or lock both the parents and the children up for the child's crime.

You can't expect to corral kids when they are older if you haven't got a good relationship with them right from the start! You reward with more responsibility and freedom and they know there is an element of trust. That they know that you don't bark at them or ordered them around just for the hell of it, but more that we love them and want them to be safe. That they make good decisions. If they get into trouble they know we will help but not to the point of getting them out of being punished, Consequences, that's what it's all about.

If the child is a ratbag...his parents should be held responsible too

Yes, it would save a lot of heart ache and issues we have in society.

Kids should be under some sort of supervision always i reckon...It;s not so much what they might do but what could happen to them...

I think that this is more the responsibility of the parent rather than an another government imposition/law that should be to be adhered.

Young people who have to be out late for work should be issued with a card from their employer which has to be surrendered if they leave that job.

I think it is the parents' responsibility to impose harsher rules on their young children. I worked in a juvenile detention centre and it was disgusting that the youngest child there was only 10.

curfews are good are not kids goats?

Yes, parents should know where there kids are and with whom. They shouldnt be out roaming around and doung things that they shouldn't be doing.

Nah…better that parents do a better job. Teach kids to be respected and to respect then when they push the boundaries as the are supposed to do the consequences will be their own and not damaging or harmful to anybody else. Of course there will always be the rat bags…..lol

I agree with Helen A this generation has become far too soft, they need to be made accountable for their actions.

Yes there should be a curfew. It always makes me a bit angry when I hear parents, social workers and others complaining, loid and long, about how unfair it is when children get picked up by the police late at night (10pm-06am) for criminal behaviour, some of these children are 9, 10 and even younger. They also loudly and long complain when those children are taken into State Care, that this is Unjust and that Children should be with their parents. Of course they are correct when they say that Children should be with their parents, but what if, as is so often the case, the Parents don't care? If they would rather sit around getting drunk and/or full of drugs? It is beyond time that all these self-styled do-gooders stopped calling for "The Government" to do something and looked at the reality. Start asking: "Where are the Parents and what are they doing whilst Their children are roaming the streets?", "Why aren't the Parents seeing to it that Their children are at home and in bed?"

Anything to stop these kids doing damage or worst is a great idea.

Sad if kids are out looking for attention because obviously they are forgotten about at home. Edited 30-Mar-22 08:48am

monkey see, monkey do, if you have children and you are an asshole, chances are you will raise assholes,,,

While I do not disagree try telling that to the Antisocial Workers who will tell you children are perfect can never do any wrong and have tobe allowed to experience things as they grow up. Their death is just an unformat side effect of some of their actions but the death of a Antisocial Worker is devastating particularly when they are the one who told the child they can do as they please and no one has the right to stop them running amuck. These same Antisocial Social Workers take no responsibility for the actions of the children who they told to do as they please and their Political Masters want to blame the parents who the Social Workers removed any rights from except the right to be held responsible for what they do after seeing the Social Worker who encourages them to be the outright criminals that the Social Workers wished that they had been as children. . You can try as hard as you like to stop children being out at night but in every case there will be a Antisocial Worker telling the child that they can do as they please for the benefit of the child and remove any rights of the parents to try to control the child from antisocial actions. In most cases these Same Antisocial Workers will instruct the children on how to avoid their parents from trying to control them and actually help these poor misguided abused children escape the child abuser's who claim they are their parents. If you wish to stop these children running amuck you'll have to hold the Politicians accountable for having departments in place to ruin the children and teach them how to do as they please while all the time removing any possible control the parents may have once had. They will help a 12 year old get their child endowment along with a Living Away From Home Allowance because their parents are so abusive and waving this amount of money in the face of a child seems like magic telling them they will get several hundred Dollars a week to spend as they please with no one telling them what they can and can not do. Of course they do not tell these children that most of that money will have to be paid tot he Foster Parents and the kids will have virtually nothing but by the time they realize that the damage has been done and it is impossible to correct till someone has the guts to start a Class Action against the Politicians and the Child Welfare Departments of this country who need to be sued into bankruptcy to bring them under the slightest sort of control and try to look after these children who quite often more often than mot die while in the protection of the Child Welfare Departments. While I'll be the first to admit some children need to be taken into care the vast majority o not and it is just the Antisocial Workers seeing Child Abuse under every blade of grass and doing everything that they are capable of doing to stop it at all costs.

I have heard of this law in America somewhere. It was an experiment and any child caught out after 9pm was taken to a police station and held untill there parent or other Responsible adult came and collected them. Crime dropped but some parents decided that their child was in bed. It helped the comunity in surprising ways.

Parents and guardians should be responsible BUT our daughter went off the rails so we took her photo ID to all of the pubs and clubs in our (largish) town. No one cared, some of them gave her free drinks. Then a while later they were complaining about the fact they were being picked on by police cause they didn't know who were underage and who weren't. I didn't feel sorry for the at all. The kids aren't always the ones who cause the trouble.

Only if those over 18 who (who are the main perpetrators of this kind of activity) have a curfew imposed also.

I think the parents or guardians should be law fully held responsible for the damages and mischief they get up to, including jail time for both parents and children

Children out at night should be indoors and not roaming the streets. Parents should encourage their children to stay inside at night less likely to cause harm to others or someones property as we have seen. Most parents teach their children and love them enough to keep them safe.

Yes curfew for under 18, is one way to prevent some crimes committed, we got to look at the wider issue with adults included in the curfew

Children should be kept under lock & key until they are 30! (before you begin posting your outrage, please realise this is a joke)

Our sons' never had curfews. They knew to be home before dark. If they ever got in trouble with the law they shouldn't be scared of the police but of me. It worked, never had a problem. Parents need to know who their kids' mates are and the parents. And keep them busy, idle hands are the devil's workshop. In regards to fake ID, that's the responsibility of the pub or liquor store staff to be vigilant.

It should be up to the parent since no 2 kids are alike. Some 17 yos have jobs and are responsible, some are the total opposite. Parents need to step in and make the necessary choices for their own children.

I don't know what curfewed kids is.

I AM STARTING TO THINK IT IS THE IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTS WHO SHOULD BE LOCKED UP. THE LAW IS AN ASS THAT STOPS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DEALING WITH THE YOUTH CRIME SO TAKE AWAY THE PARENTS AND LET THE MISCREANTS FEND FOR THEMSELVES

It is a parents responsibility to set curfews and ensure their children follow those curfews.

It's right thing to do if safe

It is the SOLE responsibility of their parents to make sure their kids (under 18 years old) are behaving (in a lawful manner) aka the apples don't fall far from the tree (copying their parents' behavior) - not SOCIETY!

The problem is mostly they just get a slap on the wrist and sent home to parents who don't really care or think it is not their little precious who is being naughty. We have teens being stabbed to death by other teens, teens breaking into houses and cars, teens bashing people and in some cases causing severe injuries and brain damage etc. and death. We have do gooders saying they should not be punished but understood. If they do go to court and which I have heard in person then it is stated they have had a bad childhood and one should be lenient. Sorry, if you do wrong you have to face the consequences and not just a mamby pamby token. We cannot be everywhere and these kids have phones so are way ahead of the Police so curfews would not work. Punishment has to be bought back in. They say the jails are over crowded. Well it is not a holiday camp is it. Perhaps a touch of real life is what they need.

We don't need more laws, we need better parents. That is a parents job.

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