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A lot of research points to the fact that internet/television addiction causes grades to suffer and is bad also for your eyes

is also* bad for your eyes... [[http://www.abcsingapore.com/2009/11/online-addicts-grades-suffer/]] Parents need to make sure that their kids are not spending too much on the internet or watching T.V around exam/test-dates(Take the fuse out of the stabilizer or disconnect the modem); .Children who do not use internet at all ; suffer socially, and have difficulty working with study groups. So, no T.V or internet at all, is not the answer. As far as porn is concerned most boys are peer-pressured into viewership; there is a wealth of parental control software available to block sites that teenagers/children cannot unblock without using secret passwords that only parents know. Using Proxies to access these sites can also be prevented. Either way; it isn't too difficult to insure that your child is not misusing or over-using the internet.
Not everyone uses it for the wrong thing

Actually, playboy is more of a literary magazine [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11802449]] than penthouse, and the other more explicitly pornographic volumes of the genre; plus the shoe leather costs of going to a store buying a dirty/girly mag plus the effort going into hiding it from your mothers surpasses, that of free internet porn/porno/pornography. Buying dirty magazines and watching internet porn are not mutually exclusive; both can be done simultaneously. Also, Playboy because of the quality writing in its publication is actually good for grades. Most subjects require writing well-thought,comprehensive,and on the whole well-written essay answers; reading the works of the greatest authors of our time especially when they were banned and produced their most thought-provoking works is great for academic prowess across the board. While internet porn is mainly smut; with no value for the brain. Or they don't have one what?
School world including projects require a lot of reading and research

Why should children/students use the internet for this purpose? Parents can always go to relevant websites save information and switch off the internet. Then ask their kids to edit and extract data from the stuff they've saved and use it for their projects. Again parents can surf the net in front of their kids, and save only what their kids want to use for their projects; so that the child is involved in the data selection process. There is no need for a parent to hand over use of the internet to a child.
School world including projects require a lot of reading and research

Work* not world. requires* Reading materials that are easily accessible on the internet may not be available in your local library/bookstore (assuming you have a local library/bookstore; and a membership in that case). Parents would not have to take their kids to the store; if they helped their kids with projects using their computer alone. Use Ms Word; use websites for resources and information; make printouts and viola. Counterargument: Independent socialization is prime when it comes to a child's development. They need privacy during chat sessions(or at least the illusion of it; you can always review chat histories, without telling your son/daughter, if you're afraid your kid may be stalked by a child molester) Your kid will either spend time socializing on the phone or chatting on the internet; for healthy/normal social development. The former costs more money.
Is important for social development; the safest way to socialize even when it comes to academic/career development.

People go out even if the city is not safe. As asserted over and over in earlier points; internet addiction is primarily responsible for poor schoolwork. Children/teenagers are very easily addicted to porn or chat. The problem with porn addictions is that it is can cause impotence from a desensitization to the act; it can also cause a huge number of other health problems/issues/diseases both of a psychological and physical nature. As accepted on the right; peer pressure makes it near impossible for boys to stay away from porn; this is exactly why parents need to control these habits; making sure they are not addicted and free internet use is ignoring the problem; a problem that could ruin your child's future if not controlled. People do not 'need' a broad perspective of the people/world around them. The reason parents put children in the best schools is so that their interaction is restricted to other people of high social standing or of the same social standing. Interacting with people or environments or social groups that are too different can get confusing and overbearing. There is a constant fear of losing class and stature. The balance pronounced most effectively in the following parentheses-ed line from Rudyard Kipling's 'If', is not very easy to strike; especially for a child. " If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,Or walk with kings–nor lose the common touch" [[http://www.adamandtiffy.com/blog/if-by-rudyard-kipling]] Healthy socialization is also moderate; and does not need to occur via thew internet. Parties,meeting and conferences are all very healthy ways to expose your child to the world around him/her; if it must be done. Else meeting people from school/work in and outside school/work is all the socialization any normal person needs.
Is important for social development; the safest way to socialize even when it comes to academic/career development.

In this day and age, the primary means for socialization/communication is the internet. Workers are barred from each other with cubicle walls and cannot be expected to really talk during five minute tea breaks(and so they resort to chatting when they aren't on breaks; take away the internet and they'll play games on their terminals to detract from boredom and exhaustion that is a natural result of continuous mental work; except these games will leave them even more exhausted; chatting on the other hand creates a revival of spirits therefore improving work productivity/efficiency. Clubs are only open to people from a definitive age group. Again people don't go to clubs to make friends they go to dress-up, look good and dance. Most people do not have time for clubbing and it is proving to be less and less effective for socialization in our increasingly technological times. Interacting with peers/friends only at work/school is very restrictive; it leaves people with a very myopic understanding of the people around them. Students can learn a lot of useful things from other students they've never met using the internet. Sometimes a school project about another country can be enhanced by interviewing someone from that country. Or a school project on economics can be improved by talking to actual economists. Writing emails to potential professors to gain an understanding of whether their teaching methods suit you or how could they are at explaining things or whether the universities you are applying are for you is free and the best means to determine where to apply and what your academic options are. Tutors are also available on-line. Different schools/offices operate differently, certain options cannot be weighed out without talking to people from different backgrounds/work-spaces. And because cities are not very safe; most official and productive interaction is restricted to the internet.
It teaches teenagers to be responsible and also considerate of other people around them

Teens may not like the idea of a curfew in the beginning and they may fight with parents about it. But parents need to remember that kids will eventually thank them for the curfew when they become young adults cause then they will finally understand why they had a curfew. Don't feel like bad parents despite how much the teens yell at you during the teen years. Teens just don't realise what parents do or say the things they do when they are young. Most teens don't understand that they don't need much freedom since they are irresponsible and not adult yet. Most teens get into trouble if they have too much freedom to do anything they want to do. Teens shouldn't be treated like adults when they aren't very responsible. In a way, curfews does prepare them for the future by helping them to be able to handle being a responsible young adult once when they reach that age.
Youth crime is a major and growing problem, often involving both drugs and violence.

Curfews are not an effective solution to the problem of youth crime; research in the USA suggests that there is no link between areas that achieved a reduction in juvenile crime and areas with youth curfews. Although some places did see a reduction in youth crime, this often had more to do with other strategies, such as zero-tolerance policing, or indeed with demographic and economic changes affecting the numbers and prospects of youth people. In any case, most juvenile crime appears to take place between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., after the end of school and before working parents return home, rather than in the hours covered by curfews.
Bored teenagers will spend the night playing football/basketball or some other fun outdoor activity

if there were no curfews in certain U.S states; many young convicts in the making, would have something non-criminal to do at night. A lot of vandalism is the product of boredom, as are many petty crimes. When sports' complexes, gyms and eat-outs are closed off to teenagers, after hours; they are bound to entertain themselves in other ways. A lot of students find it difficult to study at home, nights are spent far more more productively in the school or public library. Really most young people are scared of a criminal record. Have you seen the young people these days. A criminal record is only as good as what you've got it for I have a criminal record from when I was young and stupid and it has never interfered in my academic or professional career. All employers take criminal records with a pinch of salt.
There is no good reason for children to be out unaccompanied late at night.

Children in their mid-teens have many legitimate reasons to be out at night without adults. Many will have part-time jobs, for example in fast-food restaurants or delivering newspapers. Others will wish to participate in activities such as church groups, youth clubs or school trips. Requiring adults always to take them to and from such activities is unreasonable and will ensure that many never take place in the first place, either because adults are unwilling, or are unable to do so. More sinisterly, some children are subject to abuse at home and actually feel safer out on the streets.
Juvenile criminals tend not to listen to their parents

putting a curfew on them would make no sense. They will still go out, the excitement of flirting with the law would make sneaking out of the house even more attractive than before, when they would only have been hoodwinking their parents. Thats the point of flirting with the law the police can't be everywhere there will just be an outbreak of illegal young people meets and yes you might get caught but theres a good chance you won't. if you look at all the illegal partys going on at the minute plenty of people turn up to them though there is a high chance of getting arrested.
Child curfews can help to change a negative youth culture.

Imposing child curfews would actually be counter-productive, as it would increase juvenile offending by turning millions of generally law-abiding young people into criminals. Already in the USA, more children are charged with curfew offences than with any other crime. Yet once children acquire a criminal record they cross a psychological boundary, making it much more likely that they will perceive themselves as criminal and have much less respect for the law in general, leading to more serious forms of offending. At the same time a criminal record harms their opportunities in employment and so increases the social deprivation and desperation which breed crime.
They will learn the importance of being on time to places

Bu they will not know why they are being kept in, they will not have the reasoning to be able to see why they were kept in. They will only know that they have ti be home for a certain time. Once that restriction goes, they will make the most of it and go AWOL. We need to teach them why they should stay in, not just rule with an iron fist in the hope they merely copy in future life.
Youth crime is a major and growing problem, often involving both drugs and violence.

Youth crime is a major and growing problem, often involving both drugs and violence. Particularly worrying is the rise of youth gangs who can terrorise urban areas and create a social climate in which criminality becomes a norm. Imposing youth curfews can help to solve these problems, as they keep young people off the street, and therefore out of trouble, and prevent them from congregating in the hours of darkness. Curfews are easy to police compared to other forms of crime prevention, and are therefore effective.
Deemed Unconstitutional (in some cases)

In some cases the legal courts have ruled that curfews are unconstitutional. Based on the 14th Amendment which states "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Based on this Amendment no matter how practical or impractical curfews are. They can be deemed unconstitutional unless exceptions are present. In which case the Minor's "rights" aren't impaired or abridge. Exceptions can include written notes from parents, circumstances that require the minor to break curfew, late night work, and errands. Curfew's that don't allow breakage at all. Can be shot down in the courts unless exceptions are present such as ones I listed above. I will point out not all curfew cases have been deemed unconstitutional. Some were deemed to vague and some impede on parents right to punish or teach their children themselves. Another amendment used is the 1st Amendment. The right to assemble peacefully and to speak openly. However, most court cases repeal or deem them unconstitutional. There has been no solid evidence linked in court cases. That have found curfews being strong factor on youth crimes. However it does spark rebellion against parents, and the law. Minors under the age of restriction, will likely break curfew anyways. They may be encouraged to do so. When hard evidence about statistics is presented. I'll remove this argument. Most cases have failed even with evidence. At some point or another Minors will rebel against curfew laws. So, I'm strongly against it. I'm 18 years old and firmly believe equal rights amongst minors. Examples: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/juvenile/juvenile7.htm http://www.nyclu.org/regions/genesee-valley/forsyth_unconstitutional_curfew
Child curfews can help to change a negative youth culture.

Child curfews can help to change a negative youth culture in which challenging the law is seen as desirable and gang membership an aspiration. Impressionable youngsters would be kept away from gang activity on the streets at night and a cycle of admiration and recruitment would be broken. By spending more time with their families and in more positive activities, such as sports and youth clubs, which curfews make a more attractive option for bored youngsters, greater self-esteem and discipline can be developed.
They will learn the importance of being on time to places

The teens need to be assisted to understand the importance of being on time to places and in the future to work also other events. It will be easier for them to go from a teen to a young adult when they reach that age. It will help them get through college and be able to study for exams without having a difficult time keeping a regular schedule. And when they succeed in their studies, they have a good way of living, so it's reducing the crime rate.
The use of child curfews can help to protect vulnerable children.

Youth curfews infringe upon individual rights and liberties. Children have a right to freedom of movement and assembly which curfews directly undermine, by criminalising their simple presence in a public space. This reverses the presumption of innocence by assuming all young people are potential law-breakers. They are also subject to blanket discrimination on the grounds of age, despite the fact that only a few young people ever commit a criminal offence and that adults too commit crime. Furthermore, curfews infringe upon the rights of parents to bring up their children as they choose. Simply because we dislike the way some parents treat their children should not mean that we intervene to stop it; should we intervene in families where religious beliefs mean girls are treated as inferior to boys, or in homes where corporal punishment is practised?
It is physically impossible to hold teenagers under house arrest without

Performing some kind of abuse. Parents should not have to 'force' their children to not go out at all. Or to only attend family events at night or to only get out when there's an emergency. Concerts, night galas and sports' games/matches, mostly happen in the night. Robbing young people of a healthy social life, is the perfect way to foster teenage porn addiction or at the very least: bad posture.
Child curfews are a form of zero tolerance policing.

Youth curfews have great potential for abuse, raising civil rights issues. Evidence from U.S. cities suggests that police arrest far more black children than white for curfew violations. Curfews will tend to be imposed upon poor areas in inner cities with few places for children to amuse themselves safely and within the law, compounding social exclusion with physical exclusion from public spaces. These problems will also be made worse by the inevitable deterioration in relations between the police and the young people subject to the curfew.
Other schemes aimed at reducing youth crime are desirable.

A number of alternative strategies exist which are likely to do more to reduce youth crime. For example, rather than a blanket curfew covering all young people, individual curfews could be imposed upon particular trouble-makers, perhaps involving electronic tagging, breaking up gangs without labelling an entire age-group as criminal. A Scottish scheme puts plenty of police officers on the streets at night with a brief to engage with young people, deterring crime while steering them towards a range of youth activities available at clubs set up by the local council.Other successful schemes aim to work individually with young troublemakers, in order to cut their reoffending rate, for example by requiring them to meet with victims of crime so that they understand the consequences of their actions, and by pairing them with trained mentors. Overall, governments need to ensure good educational opportunities and employment prospects in order to bring optimism to communities where youngsters feel that their futures are pretty hopeless.
It teaches teenagers to be responsible and also considerate of other people around them

Quite to the contrary, if we place our teens under such scrutiny then they will only rebel. They will be more determined to stay out passed the curfew and cause mischief. Instead we should show our teens respect and trust. That way they will feel more guilt should they break such trust. As well how will they learn to become mature if they have never been shown the respect or had the benefits you will not take on the responsibilities until you are given the freedoms that come with.
Child curfews are a form of zero tolerance policing.

Child curfews are a form of zero tolerance policing, showing that a community will not allow an atmosphere of lawlessness to develop. The idea of zero tolerance comes from the theory that if low-level crimes, like graffiti-spraying, window breaking and drug-dealing (all common juvenile offences) are not acted against swiftly and effectively by the police, then a permissive atmosphere is created where violence and other serious crimes flourish and law and order breaks down entirely. Child curfews can help to the police to establish a climate of zero tolerance and to create a safer community for everyone.
Other schemes aimed at reducing youth crime are desirable.

Other schemes aimed at reducing youth crime are desirable of themselves but will work best in conjunction with curfews. If a troubled area develops a whole culture of lawlessness, it will be very difficult to identify particular young criminals in order to rehabilitate them. A curfew takes the basically law-abiding majority off the streets, allowing the police to engage with the most difficult element. Curfews are a tool in the struggle to improve lives in run-down areas; they are likely to be used for relatively short periods of a few weeks or months in order to bring a situation under control so that other measures can be put in place and given a chance to work.
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