- Curfews are not an effort by your parents to control you or ruin your fun.
- Curfews encourage responsibility and teach you a respect for rules (and later laws) that you may not like or understand.
- There is nothing wrong or shameful about having to be home at a certain time.
- Adhering to your curfew helps your parents to learn to trust you and your ability to do the right thing.
- Having a curfew is a really good excuse to leave an uncomfortable situation (if you feel you need an excuse).
- If your parents expect you home at a certain time and you do not arrive at home they can get help faster if you should need it - if they don't expect you home at all they are unlikely to get help until it is already too late.
- Parents love you and worry when you aren't home (whether you like it or not) and your curfew allows them to get some sleep after you get home.
- Having a curfew does not make you lame or a loser, most teens do have curfews even if they won't admit it.
- Curfews imposed by your parents are not the same as the controversial city and state curfews - they are a matter of family courtesy, not public policy.
- As much as you will hate to hear it - parental imposed curfews are for your own good!