summer curfew for teens (boys, son, 14 year old, friends)

[hlsess]

Just curious if your kids go out every night and come home late etc during the summer- My D has been gone a week to counselor training and is home for 3 weeks-she is almost 18(Sept) and will be a HS senior- her friends curfews are 12 -
then my 15 year old son is social also and seems to want to be home at 10:00- 10:30 each night- Luckily he has basbeball workouts at 7 AM so i can usually pull you have to get up early -

[flyonpa]

11-12 for your almost 18 sounds good 10p for your 15 also is in line as long as you know where they are. also dues your state have JR licences, if so have the curfue at least 30 min before they have to be off the road so they don't race home or have there friend racing them home

[Momma_bear]

My son's drivers license requires him to be home by 11. He works in an office and has to be at work by 8 so he doesn't stay out late in the middle of the week. He has football practice after work. Sometimes the boys will go to someone's house after practice but they are tired early from practice. On the weekends he has to be home by 11.

My 14 year old is either with his brother or I have to drive him so he gets home when I pick him up. He'll be at camp for half the summer so I won't know when he gets back (ignorance is bliss).

[Mattie]

In our state anybody under 18 had to be off the road by midnight. My youngest just hit that milestone this past weekend, and his first question was "what's my new curfew?" I never held my kids to strict curfews though, since I didn't want them to feel they had to rush the drive home to beat the clock.

All I ask is a courtesy call around midnight, letting me know where they are, and when they anticipate returning. As long as they are doing something besides just hanging out, it's ok by me if they stay out with their friends.

[strawflower]

12 sounds good for the 18 year old. If he calls and checks in letting you know what him and his friends are up to, perhaps you could let him stay out awhile longer.

I'm not up to date with driving regulations since my oldest doesn't turn 15 until August. And since I'm the only one with a car, I get to decide when she comes home (usually it's 10 or 10:30.. could be earlier depending on what she has going on the next morning).

[maciesmom]

11 pm for my 16 yo during the week. Hasn't come up too much on weekends since he is usually working until 10 pm or so at a local pizza place....He is usually hot and tired by the time he comes home.

[Omaha Rocks]

Our kids are all grown young adults, but we used to have a 10:30 weeknight curfew and midnight on weekends.

We didn't change it during the summer.

However, we DID remain pretty open with them about the possibility of staying out later IF they called and IF they were actually doing something worthwhile with friends.

Communication was THE key. It seemed to work pretty well for us.

[hlsess]

thanks- I was just curious- they both were home around 10 -10:30 last night- both were tired!!

[golfgal]

Our town has a midnight curfew so that is pretty much everyone's curfew if they are under 18. DS17 just graduated but he is working a lot of hours this summer so other then when he gets off work at midnight (which is an acceptable reason for being out past midnight in our town) he will be home at a reasonable hour because when he isn't closing, he opens and has to be there by 6:00 am.

Our 15 year olds are still dependent on us for rides so their curfew is on a case by case basis.

[NoExcuses]

It depends on who she is with, where she is going and what she will be doing.