Did You Hear of those Experimental Curfews for kids on School Holidays?

Question

I saw on the news the other day some kids in one part of England can't have fun on their school holidays because a particularly depressingly obese woman who lived with her cats and some other lonely people on her street don't have a life of their own.

So they stopped kids being out altogether?

I know kids can be a bit hectic but they are growing still and I think they should be allowed to be kids why not just impose a fine on the parents? Say like if they misbehave they get the report from more than two witnesses in the area say at least more than half of the street complained and the children have the fine deducted from their pocket money? Or some labour as penance?

This would be something far less extreme surely?

Considering in both cases their are always one rotten egg in the box why should others lose out on having a life?

And will this Big Brother Britain soon try to stop anyone getting out at nights eventually?

I fear we will soon have to kiss goodbye to life all together because of a few sad acts.

Answer 1

I did not hear of this, but I think a mandatory curfew of say around 9pm would be a good idea. For wandering the streets mind you, not if at a friends house supervised by parents. Children have far too many freedoms these days, and get away with a lot more, due to lax juvenile laws. I think the curfew should apply to anyone under 18, unless traveling to/from work or a school/family function.  

Answer 2

Depending on the area and only for the very young, a curfew seems reasonable. It might save younger people's lives.

I am not so old that I have forgotten how it was to be treated second class and getting told off all the time (ages 14+).

I wish all young people the best.

Answer 3

I think your being over reactive.

Curfews don't magically appear, they're often revised by the local council before bringing in effect by taking in account all people in the local area, the local community supports officers and so on.

It's not just a few kids messing about, as you rightly said "THEY stopped".

It's not just some people, it will probably be the majority who chose to bring in a curfew in a select area.

If there's one naughty kid, it'll be easy to deal with simply by talking to the parents.

But knowing the young teen yob culture it's often not just one, but probably caused by many terrorizing the others who are also living there.

If you'd live in such an area you'd know what sort of unprivileged young people can do.

Curfews are a last resort, and I can't really put into words unless you yourself would know by living in such an area what kind of problems are caused by such young people.

Answer 4

The youngsters from this area isn't any worse than any other. It is just that there is a few noisy neighbours. They are the ones who need to have a curfew placed on them.

What the area is building for, is trouble in the future. Many youngsters are up in arms about it and I don't think it will kick off until they get back to school. It was just one area of Redruth were the youngsters were treated as some insane hoodlums. Other areas of the town have worse social issues.

It would make society if the police walked around the streets as they did in my teenage years. i do not believe the youth of today are any worse then say thirty years ago. The difference was you never knew if a policeman was around the corner. They did use to say now quiet down or we shall have to move you on etc..

A lot of more social skills (I do have some) was formed on street corners after nine o'clock. Home life was bad, as it is for a lot of youngsters now a days. Parents over the years have been forced to both go out to work instead of spending time with their off-spring. Society is bound to break-down.

So let's not blame the outcomes but deal with societies ills. Lack of social inclusion, lack of time to share with each other.

This is why Cornwall already has the highest suicide figure out of all the Counties in the UK. This sort of action is not going to make a safer of better society it is only going to support the break up.

We are all to blame, how many hear I wonder have ever been to a council meeting and have questioned councillors about the state of the community. It maybe rubbish, graffity, dogs mess, un kept highways, no social meeting places for all ages. We do not need ID cards or more camera's, we just need to involve society as a whole, so that we mix and share with each other.

This ward is a Labour ward and they seem h**l bent on controlling everything and everyone. Though I must say the idea's coming from Hi, my names Dave camp seems even more controlling.

You could be right about the Big Brother Britain, it is just around the corner. We might of already turned the corner and it will be hard to turn back. But there are so many people who are so blind or stupid that they really don't understand the full concept of state control.

Whoops..... I have proberly already said to much.... I could be one of the first to be mysteriously disappearing.

I'll be whatching, but who will be whatching the whatchers?

  

Answer 5

People like Ray give me a warm feeling.