Survey Questions

1.Do you think curfews cause teenagers to become rebellious?

Yes or No

2. Do you think teenagers should have curfews until they move out to live on their own?

Yes or No

3. Do you think parents should compromise a curfew with their teenager?

Yes or No

4. Check all that apply to you

__Your parent gives you a curfew you do not agree with

__You do not follow your curfew

__You have compromised a curfew with your parents

__You have got in trouble before because you didn’t follow your curfew

5. How much do you think teenage crime? (what percentage)

a) 10%

b) 20%

c) 50%

6. Why do you think teenagers think they should stay out late? (choose more than one)

a) They can take care of themselves

b) They are independent

c) They think hanging out late is more important

7. What do you think is a reasonable curfew?

a) 7pm

b) 8pm

C)9pm

8. Can parents be fined for teenagers being out to late?

Yes or No

9. Can businesses be fined for teenagers being in their place too late?

Yes or No

10. Do you think it should be the government’s responsibility to set a curfew for all teenagers?

Yes or No

Research Questions

I do have a few questions about my topic. Which one of the teenage age groups is the most rebellious? In addition, I want to know why exactly teenagers rebel against their parents when they give them a simple curfew? Should parents just compromise a curfew with their teenager so they will agree with the curfew? Should parents provide harsh consequences for their rebellious acts? My biggest question is how could parents put a stop to their teenagers’ rebellion towards their curfew? I want to find some deep solutions to this growing problem.

Intro

Most teenagers are so rebellious towards their parents. Would the curfew rule that their parents are striking at them make them this way? Some parents are saying they do not want to give their teen-aged kids curfews because they then feel like their kids hate them from their actions. Studies show that two out of three teens rebel when they reach a certain age. I know a teenage girl that was rebellious towards their parents because they gave her a certain time to be home in the afternoon. She also had consequences if she was not at home by her curfew. She began to ignore her parents and never came home until around 10 o’clock at night. One afternoon passed by, and then 10 o’clock passed by. Around 1:00, her mom went to look for her, and she found her at the corner of a building in their town that people always called, “The Drug House”. Her parents ended up sending her to a teenage drug rehabilitation camp to help her.  People think it is a factor in teenager’s minds that makes them react as a rebellious one. To teenagers, rebellion actions are their way of showing their independence and individuality. If you think about it, teens go against their parents whenever they put a lockdown on them. Rebellion, sometimes, can lead to a bad future for a teenager based on the trouble rebellion puts them in. They do not rebel to get on their parents nerves; they simply do it to show they are growing up and do not need as much parental supervision as they use to.