Being a teenager typically means living with parents, which also usually means living under their rules.  For many, it can be hard to balance pleasing parents with having a good time as a high schooler. A common rule that makes teenagers cringe just at the thought is the dreaded curfew.

“I have no boundaries. My parents and I have a good relationship and trust that I’m gonna be smart and make good decisions,” said junior Andrew Durlofsky.

Junior Chris Jung has similar rules to Durlofsky. “They just tell me to be safe and bring the car back in one piece. One time my dad told me to be home by 5am because of a vacation, but that’s about it. The last time I had a curfew was like seventh grade.”

“I don’t have one as long as I tell them when I’ll be home and where I am. It’s been like this since I was 12,” said junior Mindy Yang.

However, not all students are given such lenience as Durlofsky, Jung, or Yang are in regards to curfews.

“My curfew is at 11. If I am five or ten minutes late, my car gets taken away for a couple days. It really sucks when all my other friends can stay out later, but I still have to be home by 11,” said junior Ryan Yen.

Senior Brandon Butler said, “It depends, sometimes my parents give me ridiculous curfews, but other times they’re pretty chill. They hardly let me go out past ten freshman year, but they’ve gotten a lot better since. I’ve learned to work around it.”

With the school year coming to an end and the long summer finally here, many students will face the issue of curfews with parents probably more than once this summer.

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