is it good or bad to lower the age of the curfew law?
825774
If you're 17 it's good, if you're older, it shouldn't make a difference.\n\nMost "CURFEW" laws are in place to keep youngsters (under 18 yrs old)  off the streets after a certain hour (most commonly 10:00 pm). In recent years, it is proving to be beneficial to the teenager and to the community.
267630
hmmm i beleive it can have both negative and positive effects...on one hand your children are home and you know they are safe...on the other hand kids dont like to be controlled, if theyre going to do drugs or have sex or whatever the curfews try to prevent , if they want to do whatever it is theyre going to it regardless hmm maybe there will be more kids skipping school to do what they want during the day when theyre parents are gone who knows i think it should left up to parents to decide when theyre children should be home does the government raise our children...i dont think so maybe old people should have to be in some cant drive as it is haha
383373
I don't think so. I don't think one should be allowed to do a bunch of the things that are legal at 18...Voting, Smoking, Entering the military.. I think that at least when your 21 you are mature enough to handle these kind of things.
75376
Only teenagers.  Heck I would ban city kids from driving until they are 18 anyway
928975
Ofcourse it is.But it's not their mistake but their AGE is doing all those rubbish.U must also take those easy.It helps U to b good on society.
1019689
In Canada, it WAS lowered to 14, the Government is looking to raise it back up again.  There are statutes that allow for 'within a certain number of years'  (for eg, a 15 year old with a 16 year old) \nI think it should be around 16, with 18 being the regular adulthood age.  I think it's silly that in the USA an 18 year old can join the military and potentially kill someone, but can't have a drink legally... now THAT is a weird one.
473824
Not younger than 18. You don't want to get in trouble...
1017306
IMO, drinking AND driving should be set at 18.  If we can get drafted to die for our country at 18, then we should be given the rights and privaleges to get our licenses and drink as well.  Thats how the age to get the license was lowered nationwide - due to the draft.  However if we taught the children to moderate and not be stupid, then drinking would be less of a problem.
289285
Curfews set boundaries for children. It lets them know you care, and will always "be in their business",especially when it comes to their safety. Besides, adolescents do not need to be roaming the streets at all hours of the night. Idle minds loaded with teenage hormones = drugs,rape,alcohol,teenage pregnancy,blah blah blah.
364815
Pretty much it's 21 through out this nation and I would keep it the same or raise it to 23.  \n\nI see these 19 - 21 year olds drinking and being stupid.  Just last week 3 19 year old teenagers where drinking and driving.  Guess what... they crashed into a tree and all three are now gone.  \n\nIt's stupid stuff.  I feel bad for these parents who lost their kids.\n\n\nBut I believe no matter what the drinking age is, kids will be kids and experiment with alcohol, smoking and drugs.  They are no different than we were kids.  We did the same crap, but somehow survived it.  \n\n\nLooking back at it now, I can see how foolish and stupid I was with drinking, smoking and drugs.  Thank God I came to realize what I was doing was not good for me and straighten my butt out very quickly.
149422
there shouldnt be a certain age. instead, people should be taught to think in a rational & realistic manner. this way, such things wont be glamorized & wind up playing into pop cultre as a forbidden fruit. stigma removed, minor indulgences may not be taken seriously leading to decriminalization. legal issues, as everyone (should by now) knows, lead to social paranoias and drain the judicials recources while padding pockets of preditor officials & politicians with the money & property siezed from those accused of aleged crimes. crimes committed while intoxicated are never fault of illicit substances, merely a scapegoat for the irresponsible thus fukn up my rights to pursue alternative recreaton.
626266
No. I live in the only territory in the United States (Puerto Rico) where the legal age is 18 and frankly, it's time that they raise it to 21.We are losing 4 to 5 kids every week because of alcohol.They use it because they want to look mature but end up doing things they will regret.Trust me my friend,if you raise the legal age of drinking, the only winners will be the morgues and funeral parlors.
1066050
The Legal age of 21 is good.\n \nALL PEOPLE need to take responsibility for their own actions.  If you are 21+, you can go out, drink legally, have fun and safely drive home.  Military personnel can drink at 18, on the base.\nI'm sure some 14yr olds could drive safely after a few drinks, but that doesn't mean we should lower the drinking age and driving age.  I've actually witnessed some 34yr olds, who can't drive after a few drinks.  Should it raised to 35 or worse, illegal to drink after the age of 33?  There will always be people under the age of 21, that find a way to get alcohol, but it's not OK.  If you get caught, you get in trouble.  If you're driving over the legal limit, you will get in big trouble and could serious hurt or kill people.  Don't ruin someone elses good time.\n\nIt's OK to drink, just know your limit and be responsible.  Call a friend/cab, take the bus or sleep in your car until you sober up.
963749
What perspective are you speaking from? A government curfew or a parental curfew? \n\nGovernment curfew -- completely unnecessary. It is not hte govts job to raise children OR tell us, law-abiding citizens when we can and cannot leave the house (except in VERY VERY rare circumstances such as war or natural disaster). \n\nParental curfew -- completely necessary. Teaches boundaries and limits as well as consequences for breaking both. Teens need to be inside, in bed at a reasonable hour in order to get homework done and be fully prepared for school and activities the next day. Any parent that does not impose a curfew should not be a parent.
619913
If it were treated like alcohol in terms of age restrictions and enforcement, and banned in public so the rest of us don't get your second hand smoke (including in 'just outside the building' corridors of smoke), I don't really care.  I don't think it is worse than alcohol, and it may be better for you. I'd let science decide on that point.
671116
I think children should be locked up until they are 18.  Actually it's ok to take them out on a leash every once in awhile.
268250
You're cool. Just cite City of Chicago stature #389483 that states "in order for laws to be enforced they actually have to be laws, they can't just be shite that your crazy hoe neighbor makes up". If that doesn't work, stature #89683385 states that it is not a crime to "kill old women, as long as 51% of those living within a 5 mile radius find her to be annoying" Another useful stature is #95607973. This states that "16 year old girls can not get pregnant". Happy Drinking.