Do you think that a curfew on a computer is fair?

My mum got a curfew put onto my computer because she felt I wasn't getting enough sleep. I can't access the internet from 10:30pm onwards. This applies to weekends as well, and when I found out I was pretty much furious.
I agree that it's fair enough that I shouldn't be sitting up till 2am on a school night. But if I'm expected to be in bed at the same time on weekends then I'm one very sad teenager indeed. I decided to give the curfew a try for a week, and now that I've had it for a while, it's doing my head in. I've met the love of my life online, and we're exceedingly happy together even with a 5 hour time difference. Though by the time he gets home from school, it's already 9pm or later. So I'm being limited in that aspect too, seeing as talking with him is hard enough as it is.

Do you think curfews are fair?
Do you think it's acceptable to have the same limits on weekends as well as weekdays?

I'd like to say thanks very much for the feature =] Much appreciated, and it's been wonderful to see so many detailed replies ^.^

Tags: 10:30, curfew, overseas, sleep, weekdays, weekends

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Permalink Reply by AGeeksLife on February 21, 2009 at 9:30am: NO this is not fair and people should realize that we aren't just using IM and Youtube on our computer.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by randomshadowmusic on April 2, 2009 at 8:01am: I use my computer for homeworks mostly.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jason Bates on April 2, 2009 at 9:19am: you can always make the attempt to pull out the old i want to be and adult card. Offer to pay some rent, electricity, and some food, she will have no problem agreeing on that. There is a price on freedom when your young and living with your family. I would let my kids stay up if they paid me rent, and continued to get descent grades in school, even if they didnt pay me rent and continued to do good in school i would let them stay up until their grades are effected; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Shawn J. Houtsinger on April 2, 2009 at 9:28am: The real question you are asking is: does my "mum" have the right to tell me what to do.

And yes, and yes to both.

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Permalink Reply by Edvard on April 2, 2009 at 3:23pm: Yuck thoose things are bad! Get a iPod touch oran iPhone and browse the web from there... That's what I'm doing when my mother says that it's time to go to bed...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jon :D on November 7, 2009 at 4:33pm: Lol. If her mom got a time thing on the router (dunno what they call it, I guess parental controls) then you can't access it at all.

And who the heck would go out to spend $200 just to be able to talk after their curfew?!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nicco on November 7, 2009 at 3:10pm: My parents always encouraged me to use the computer. Good luck with that! Once you get older you won't even remember things like that; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by LADYTECH on November 7, 2009 at 4:51pm: Depending on the age. Yes.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gibson on November 7, 2009 at 11:00pm: Bah curfews..my parents had this internet control time thinggy........course i'm incredibly Tech smart.
And the comp she runs this crap router parental all blah from.............gets raped all the time by my beast.

Password..mine.....controll...mine I only pretend to still be under their control so they dont find out.

But i'm usually in bed at 10 On weekdays anyway, and i keep my grades some what decent,...their usually high anyways.........up and down..yawn...........i can see myself Up on the comp late weekends yep.....parents would let me stay on as lon gas i want but for weekdays it was 9.........but hec they don't know :) XD it's pass 9 right now and im TALKING; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Intel_VistaHacker on November 8, 2009 at 4:14am: I don't have curfews! Free but controlled use of computer is good.

I learn a lot when I use the computer, especially computer programming.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by deathshaman on November 8, 2009 at 11:45am: nope; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Palmer on November 16, 2009 at 7:19pm: Its worth mentioning most wireless routers have inbuilt parental controls, I have a linksys wireless router and use the wifi.. if you type 192.168.1.1 in the browser username usually is admin and password is also admin ... if you have this click on access and restrictions there are the controls for setting up time restrictions on internet; if there is a username and password other than admin for this, then the parental controls are definitely here; b/c nobody password protects there wireless routers firmware... if you cant break the password.. most linksys routers have a reset button on them.. if not just get the setup disk that came w/ it and reinstall this on a computer that is plugged into router.. again the parental controls might not be here... but this is the only place i can think of that would use internet time for the controls.. worth a shot.. good luck.; ▶ Reply to This