Prin Dumas is a freelance writer and editor from the NY/NJ metropolitan area. Her writing covers social commentary with a large umbrella of topics.

My passion is ...

Creating something from the confines of my mind.

I know too much about ...

Medieval literature...and college admissions.

My parents always told me ...

that I should be a musician and drop out of college.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a criminal lawyer AND a famous musician AND a writer. Hmmm...AND a nun...at the same time.

My favorite memory ...

is singing and dancing to "Glory Days" in college at the pub with my friends.

Why I write ...

I write, because I enjoy the process of conveying a thought to another.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm reading a fantasic book about Benjamin Franklin, called The First American-excellent!

My first job ...

was playing the piano for a church retreat, got paid $35 an hour at 15 years old!

My best moment ...

was publishing my first book despite surrounding obstacles in my personal life.

My inspiration ...

in life is to be a better person and absorb the best qualities from others and learn from my loved ones and human interactions along the way.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Teen Challenges Should teens be given a curfew by parents?

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I am hardly the portent of adolescent perfection, but I came close! All kidding aside, a curfew merely provides a limitation which a young person becomes motivated to push. There are reasons to maintain safety and consideration in an effort to avoid mischief, but a high school student can do no more harm at daylight than they can at 4 a.m.

My parents believed in a blank slate. You earned your rules, not your rights. If I managed my freedom with well-balanced decisions, I had no need for a limitation. If I made a mistake, the first lesson in life was to learn that I no longer could m...

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