Working on a verbal agreement between our 16 year old daughter and us (Mom and Dad). I think we are looking at 10 pm on school nights and 11 pm on non-school nights.
She is basically a great kid...just prone to a bit of the teen crazy brain still (pretty normal from what I have seen).
Any ideas?
2006-10-30 08:30:33 · 11 answers · asked by grognd 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I think what you have is great. Maybe, to make it seem more official, you can have her sign a contract. Her contract can be contingent on grades, behavior, whatever. You can even make it fun, like having "flex" time. She can have a certain amount of time for the week and use it wherever she chooses -- possibly with some "black out" times, like with the airlines.
But why the curfew anyway? If she's great then there is no need.
2006-10-30 08:35:04 · answer #1 · answered by jaqueen001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My curfew on weekdays is 9pm and 11pm on the weekends. I'm 17 and i think those are good times because it gives you enough time for school on weekdays, and still enough time to have fun on weekends. But also be flexible, if she asks to stay out late because her and some friends are hanging out or in the middle of a movie, dont be an unreasonable parent, compromise with her, ask her when she thinks she will be home and trust her on that. If she really is a great kid, then she won't take advantage of you, or your flexibility.
2006-10-30 09:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by Ashly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From age 13 on I personally never had a curfew. I just had to tell my foster parents where I was going and if I was going to be gone longer than a time that they set (1AM) I called and checked in at 1 am and told them where I was, who i was with and what time I thought i was going to be back if i was even going to be back that night..
I personally don't believe in the whole strict curfew thing, I think it should depend on what she is doing and who she is with.. I mean if she is at one of her girls houses watchin movies on a weekend and everyone else gets to stay longer thats pretty pathetic to have to go home in the middle of it..
2006-10-30 08:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by Hot Mom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i assume its an outstanding component, especially for the time of school nights. Then relax it to till 12 on the weekends. yet Im unsure relating to the effective. sounds like a sparkling way for the county to make money. :-) i might have preffered 3 warnings then a punishment interior the form of community service. yet you're perfect , different than micro dealing with a teenager's night i can't think of of any rationalization why there ought to be one. it would merely upload to the police' problems and turns into impossible to enforce in super cities.
2016-11-26 19:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was in high school (im 23 now) mine was 9:30 on school nights and 11 on weekends then when i started working i had to give them a copy of my schedule and if it was passed my curfew call them when i was on my way home
2006-10-30 08:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at 16 my parents trusted me enough to not have a curfew. i had 3 little siblings and i was told that if i wasnt going to be home early to stay where i was (not because i was gonna be in trouble, just so i didnt wake up my sisters and brothers)
i very rarley came home after 9....and if i didi ti was because i was working
2006-10-30 08:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that you should ask her when I was growing up my parents would ask me what time I would be home and I would tell them. If I was going to be late I would call. This gave me a sense of power and I was able to make decisions. I always stuck to my curfew and if I was late I would call.
2006-10-30 08:35:17 · answer #7 · answered by andrea R 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
when i was that age i had a midnight curfew on firday and saturday and 10pm during the week
2006-10-30 08:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by ur a Dee Dee Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9pm on a schhol night she should be in bed by ten pm and ten on a non school night
2006-10-30 08:33:02 · answer #9 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I like your idea
2006-10-30 08:38:35 · answer #10 · answered by blake_footballstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋