Curfew

The law in Deerfield says that a minor, someone under the age of 18 must be off the streets or sidewalks and public places by 11pm from Sunday to Thursday and by 12pm on Friday through Saturday. On Saturday I decided to go out with some band friends at someones house who was just across the street from me. It was a very relaxed gathering where we listened to music, had some m&ms and discussed many of the impressive Stunts acts. I got a call from my parents asking when I would be home and I said around two in the morning. I then got a call from them again saying I had to come home right around 12pm because that was curfew for Deerfield. I tried telling them that it was okay if I was late because I was across the street yet they insisted that I came home anyways. Sometimes, rules should be bent when no harm can come from bending them. I was at a very safe enviornoment with people that I knew where nothing could have gone wrong. Even if anything had went wrong I had a very easy escape route, going directly to my house which was across the street. Just because the sun goes away and it becomes later at night shouldn't mean that a person should be home or off the streets. Deerfield is a very safe place with no gang activity and a very open community. Why should there still be a curfew just because it is a certain time of day? Do bad things only happen at night? Curfew is most likely in place to stop people from drunk driving or roaming around the streets making a racket. Yet the people that are drunk are over 21 which means that curfew does not affect them. Why does the law want to stop teenagers from hanging out with their friends at a certain time of day? Possibly because law makers believe that teenagers can find other times to hang out with their friends yet most of the time teenagers are busy with other activities during the day and cannot find time during the day to just hang with their friends. For example, school begins and goes to 3:30 and I have swimming til 5:30. I would have hardly any time to hang with my friends on a friday night because I would only be able to hang out from 6-11. Curfew should be changed to allow teens to be able to socialize outside of their school or other activities.