CURFEW: “Is It NECESSARY?”
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
March 19, 2019 10:07am CST
This morning, I brought my little niece to her school. Uncle’s duty is being activated. When I was going back home, I decided to walk. It is a part of my daily routine. As I enjoy the morning breeze, I saw this signage. It is a curfew time for youngsters that were implemented in my city. The issue circulates to old folks and claimed that it is like a sign of having ‘Martial Law’ during the time of the Marcos regime. Personally, I think it is fine to have this implementation to protect the young ones. We can never tell what will happen if they are outside at night.
“Is there a curfew in your place?”
“Do you think curfew violates the child’s rights?”
© S. Gamboa 2019
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
20 Mar 19
Before this implementation, the barangay officials usually go around at night. In my own opinion, they can't do their job effectively. I guess it is better to have police patrol regularly here. However, I just have seen them at random at night.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
19 Mar 19
Curfews are necessary in certain circumstances but this one is unnecessary. What if a child gets injured or sick during that time?
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
23 Mar 19
@Daljinder I agree. I had seen this before when living in a Muslim country. The young ones should be inside the house at night and not later than midnight. In my country, it adapted foreign cultures and some parents are quite lax about it. Personally, I am not into this kind of lifestyle.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
21 Mar 19
@Shavkat No. It is common sense that people keep their children indoors during night. Any parent with half a decent parenting will ensure that their kids have finished their school work, had proper dinner, cleaned, changed and are tucked safely in bed at night.
I don't see the need to specifically impose a curfew on kids at night. 
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
27 Mar 19
Yes for the safety and for the youth or children be kept away from bad people.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Mar 19
None that I know of and there really should be more care here for people of that age.
My kids have always complained about me telling them what time to come back but I bet they see the other side of it now specially now the older one is a Dad.
