What will your post-GCSE curfew be?

[dangsilly]

Kind of on the back of my other thread in AIBU, what (if any) curfew will your teens have once their GCSE’s are done?

It depends. I might collect, or he can get an Uber or the bus. If it’s not far off 11pm and he’s close he can walk.

home for dinner (non negotiable) and midnight if meeting up with friends in the evening.

My curfew at that age was before dark so it was much earlier in the winter. If i couldn't be back before then my Mum wanted to know where I was, who I was with, if I was coming home, how i was getting home and if not where was i staying. My parents trusted me to keep myself safe and until my mates started driving at 17 we couldn't really go too far from the small town in which I lived.

Because they are 16 and 16 year olds can be idiots. And vulnerable. Parental guidance/support/care isn’t molly coddling or helicoptering. It also depends on where you live, what sort of social life the child already has etc.

Yes that was. People on this thread seem more laissez-faire than on that thread!

Perhaps by now you’ve read my following posts, @BringBackCatsEyes?

(Always best to read the whole thread first. It’s not long.)

Fair. Your first reply was quite strange in light of your subsequent ones.
I do always read OP’s posts but not the whole thread.

Why are there random deletions on this thread @mnhq?I don’t recall the posts being offensive in any way?

It’s interesting to see the wide variety in 16 year olds on this thread.

Ours, and all their friends, celebrated the end of GCSEs with several days camping at a festival at the other end of the country - so, as I’ve indicated, a curfew would have been less than useless.

Why? 😄

Although it's a long time ago now, for me it was 10pm unless I made contact and told them where I was and when I'd be home instead (usually my friends house, and the next morning).
Looking back I think that was based on when my mum wanted to go to bed, which is fair enough I think!

No to complete freedom. They are not adults. Just use common sense.

I didn't really need any for oldest DC as they like their sleep and are usually in bed at 9pm, and also they have remained unfailingly law-abiding about not going to anywhere that's over 18 (they turn 18 tomorrow!) so they haven't been out late very often.

Nothing for you to worry about, @Collateralliv …

Sensible.

Plus they need sleep. They turn into complete dicks if they are up til 2am. Keen to avoid the up all night sleep all day. It's not functioning adult behaviour.

Mines year 10. After gcses Will probably still be mooching around at 11. Or he can go out and sleepover and do what he likes. Or have friends over and stay up late. Some nights wil be a go the fuck to bed night but I'm not going to die on a hill about it.