What do you think is a good curfew for a 17 year old Senior ? (BOY)?

Question

on school night and weekend!

Answer 1

11:00 pm
At 17 if he felt bad on a school day he would just learn to get in earlier...lol
Most girls of dating age under 18 I know have to be home at 10 pm so I figured that would give him a hour to tell her good night and get home.

Answer 2

well, it is a very complex thing to decide. The peace of your house may depend on it. Well, first thing to look at is the responsibility level of your child. A senior of high moral values and a sense of resposibility needs no curfew at all. However, a boy with no sense of responsibility and a knack for doing funny stuff needs an early surfew.

Stay flexible. You will need to talk with the boy a bit. The best way to come up with an acceptable curfew is sit down and talk with the boy. It will be hard to workout at first, but stay in there, and you will avoid a lot of problems later.

If your boy is the argumentative or rebellious type, make both of you sign a contract paper with the curfew and flexibility issues on it. That means both of you have agreed, and it will avoid much problems in the future.

I was not shackled by a curfew when I was (am) young because I had my parent's trust to always inform them where and when and what I will be doing outside the house.

Sit down, talk, discuss, agree, compromise...the steps to avoiding fights later...

personally, for the best win-win situation, a weekday 10:30 pm and weekend 1 am curfew would be best, with flexibility options for both of you...

Hope that helped...

Answer 3

1 am....definitely not any earlier than that or the poor kid will have no time to spend with his friends (in high school, nobody even really goes out or meets up until after 10 anyway)

and you have to understand that a certain curfew is not going to keep him from trouble or get him into trouble. if your kid is going to do something, he will find time to do it even if he is supposed to be home at 10:30 pm. But even if his curfew is 3 in the morning...if hes a good kid who has been brought up right, he will know better than to do anything that could jeopardize his life or his future...so just trust HIM in this.

i think 1 am is appropriate though.
(10 pm on weeknights)

Answer 4

Weekdays-10:00
Weekends:1:00
(As a young adult, trust me, the "crazies" don't come out untill after 1:00 a.m.-and your boy doesn't look like a loser going home early for "curfew" and you turn out to be the cool mom, it's a win win. However, if there are unusual circumstances, like he has sports-or is doing poorly in school-or has had problems or gotten in trouble before being out late, that whole being nice thing should change.

Answer 5

If he is responsible and listens to what you have to say to him then I think that a reasonable curfew for him would be 10:00 -10:30. Plus it also depends if your son is into alot of school functions and he's out later then this or if he is just out with friends.

Answer 6

12 on the weekends but 11 on a school night.

Answer 7

whilst i became a extreme college senior, my weekday curfew became 10:00 (continuously offered my grades have been sturdy) using fact I had a activity that ran until 9:00. My weekend curfew became hour of darkness.

Answer 8

11:30. Midnight is too late, really...but you need to allow him some time to get back home from wherever he is. In my experience, leaving friends house/party anytime before 10:30 is a little early, but if he leaves right around 11(a good time, since "bad stuff" starts to happen after that), he should have plenty of time to be home by 11:30.

Answer 9

if he's a good kid (stays out of trouble, does what he's told, and makes good grades), then 1 0'clock is ok for a boy. If he's immature and irresponsible, the 11:30 or twelve depending on what's happening and who he's with. Boys do get to hang out later than girls.....that's just a fact of life.

Answer 10

Midnight