In response to your article, “Stevi changes weekend curfew.”
I am so glad to see Stevi encouraging locking the kids up at 10pm. After all, kids should be heard but not seen, or is it seen but not heard?
Punishing all kids for whom? No reason for them to be outside after ten since “there were no businesses open after 10 p.m. in town and that there were no regular late night activities for kids.” The town and police chief think there is no reason for kids to be outside after 10pm. Who made them the boss?
Another assumption… How does anyone know everything about what people do in a town? Yes Stevi is a small town, but what if there is a church activity? Do they have to get permission from the town? What if someone “runs a business” in their home in the evening because they are night owls. What if youth gather for a movie blitz at a friend’s house… are they all stuck there until morning when the town says it is ok to come outside?
I think it is great that law enforcement gets to decide for parents when a kid has a legitimate reason to be outside after 10pm. How do you define, “good reason.” What about last minute plans for a sleepover? Parents are now “forced” to get dressed and drive kids so they are not harassed by law enforcement. It is interesting to me that law enforcement and the Town Council decides what the “the public” can and cannot do. Who gave them this authority? Does voting legitimize this activity? Do we all just assume that government is our parent? We (who thought we were adults) are children who are expected to obey the authorities.
I think the curfew is great, kids won’t be out and the need for cops will diminish. The city and county can save money. That would not work because a policeman’s job is to bring revenue to the city.
I must be one of “the public” that does NOT think politics and law enforcement should raise kids. I remember laughing about young parents that have young kids. They think they know it all and seem to think it is ok to force others to do it like they do. We had a phrase for them, young and dumb. As we age, we see that overprotection and restraint actually make the problem worse. Young parents cannot see this yet. When parents do learn this lesson, it becomes too late.
Chris Martin
Hamilton