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Curfews: Setting and Sticking To Them

Children have and will always suffer from peer pressure. Parents may not realize it, but they suffer from it as well, from their own children. When a child is feeling like they are being treated unfairly for example, by means of an earlier curfew than their friends, it is the parent who will take the brunt of it!

As parents, we make the decisions that we best feel are managing our situations with our own children. There are so many variables that affect curfews such as the city that you live in, the location and neighborhood of the city, the age of child, the child's behavioral history, the child's friendships, school, and especially the degree of peer pressure that the child has previously brought home to their parents!

As with everything in life, every situation is unique and different. A child who gets all high grades, has never been in trouble, has obeyed all curfews in the past, will obviously be delighted and deserving of a little leniency when it comes to special occasions with curfews. But the child who has been the opposite, skipping school, bad grades, negative friendship associations, been in trouble in the past, etc, is not deserving of any type of leniency, however the problem here arises with the fact that they probably are not going to obey the curfew in the first place!

Children are being molded from birth, into a degree of the image that their parents perceive them. But there is only so much that a parent can really do as every person is a unique individual. However, giving the proper direction is our responsibility as a parent and therefore part of our job is to set and stick to the curfews and other rules that we set. Therefore believe in what you are doing, before you do it, ensure that you feel that you are making a fair and unbiased assessment of the situation before setting curfews. These of course are going to change every year as children grow and demand more freedom from the home environment.

When children are unhappy with their curfews due to peer pressure, it is okay to sit and have a discussion, go through all of the different reasons as to why your child would like a different curfew and share with your child your own reasoning for holding your current stance on curfew. Be open, be respectful, hear your children, but do not be swayed by the peer pressure that they may in fact be feeling, as the only person who truly knows your child best, is the parents and you must believe that you are making

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