Main image via The Malay Mail
Image via The Malay Mail
If you're under the age of 18, you COULD be subjected to a nightime curfew!
Teenagers are by far the most restricted individuals in society, depending on their age- they are not allowed to work, enter a club, consume alcohol, vote or smoke.
And to add to their frustration, the government is mulling the idea of a curfew.
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Yesterday (17 January), the Deputy Prime Minister said the government is thinking of imposing a curfew on teens to help combat social ills like drug abuse.
Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail pointed out that a similar curfew is already in place in several countries, like Iceland.
“We are looking at this policy, which is practised in Iceland. This is a model that we can emulate. It may not be easy to implement but we feel this is necessary and can definitely help prevent young people form being involved in negative activities,”
In Iceland, children under 12 cannot be outdoors after 8pm unless accompanied by an adult.
While for kids between 13 and 16, the curfew is 10pm, unless they are on their way home from an event organised by their school, sports organisation or youth club.
Kids who break the curfew are taken to the police station, where their parents will have to pick them up.
This is the same in Australia.
In the United Kingdom, police are allowed to hold and escort home unaccompanied minors under 16 from 9pm to 6am, regardless if they are badly behaved or not.
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In 2008, Cornwall in southwest England implemented a police-enforced curfew to keep under 10 off the streets by 8pm and under 16 by 10pm.
At least 500 cities in the United States have curfews on teenage youth. In most of these cities, curfews prohibit children under 18 from being on the streets after 11pm during the week.
Meanwhile, about 100 other cities also have daytime curfews to keep schoolchildren off the streets during school hours. In Ohio, after the first violation, the child and a parents will have to attend a 3-hour workshop.
Well, that’s not only that… they even have mall curfews!
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Minors under a specified age are not allowed to enter the mall after a certain time unless they have an adult with them or they’re working at the mall during the curfew hours.
Whereas in Germany, youth under 18 require authorisation from their parents to go to a concert and those under 14 can go to the cinema alone, as long as the movie finished by 8pm.
What do you think… should we have a curfew for our teens in the country or should we just leave it to the parents to manage them?
Info via Malay Mail