Why Kids Need More Time Out.

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I know that if my parents do let me extend my curfew my mom and dad will still be nervous about what I am doing, I will be safe at my friends house, that I will not do any DRUGS or ALCHOL at their house, or even that they will think that I will lie to my parents by saying that I am at a friend’s house when I am at a different kids house. Some of my reasons that I should extend my curfew is that I am not a kid anymore, I have already earned my trust with my parents to stay out longer, and last but not least I need to leave most of my friends to be home earlier. When I was smaller you made me go to bed at around 7 o’clock and not let me go out. So now that I’m fourteen I should be able to go to bed later and stay out later. I’m not a little kid anymore because am more responsible by being able to say no to some things. You also leave me more alone a lot so being out of the house would be the same thing as being home alone. You also have me fix things and put up thing’s that could hurt me like making me go on the roof and put up Christmas light’s. Being out of the house can also give me more time to do things that I would like to do. I have earned your trust by going to a concert with my friends. When you tell me to clean my room or clean some of the house I know that you trust me to do that by the time you get home, or when your not home in the morning you trust me to get on the bus in time. Also you tell me all the time before I go out “not to be stupid with what I do” and if you didn’t trust me you wouldn’t let me to go out at all. When you need to talk to me I always answer my cell phone and I always charge my phone before I go out so you don’t yell at me because my phone is off and so I don’t have a excuse to not answer my phone. Last but not least, when I go out to my friends house other people are there and I always need to leave before everyone else because I
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