Should Teenagers Break The Law

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Teens hang out together that is what they do. Good kids are being punished for the few who break the law. Rights of citizens should include teens. They should not be punished because they are late getting home, get a ticket or get put into the system. Curfew is imposed on all minors because of the few who break the law.
They have rights just like adults when you put a curfew on them you are taking away their rights. By infringing on a teens right to mobility and free association and a parents fundamental privacy interest in how they choose to raise their children. It should be the parents “policing” their own kids. Now we are starting to charge the parents for what the kids do. So not only are we taking the right to choose what our children do but a parent is now being charged as well. Sanctions against parents may include participation in diversion programs, fines, and, in some jurisdictions, jail time. …show more content…

But law abiding citizens are the ones who suffer with the restrictions. If the kids are doing something illegal they will be arrested for that crime, not for being outside after a certain time. And why the age 18, is that a magic age? So we are supposed to stay in until then and adulthood is thrust upon us and we are supposed to handle it at that magic number even though we have been put in a bubble. I found so many articles saying how staying up late is ruining teens health and gaining weight and the general downslide of everything. Then you find the articles the fact that every teen does it. A major contributor to most teen’s habit to stay up all night is the chemistry of their brains. Teens are wired to stay up. Being out with friends does not mean they are up to no

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