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From: elric@proper.UUCP (elric)
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Subject: Re: corporal punishment in schools (really bedtimes)
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Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 23:51:26 EDT
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>    One question:  What are the reasons people have for setting specific
>bedtimes for their children?  How about curfews? (I never had one either)
>-- 


 The reasons why parents set bedtimes might be these:
 1: To have some peace and to relax (I can agree with the reasoning, but
why not just tell the kid to play quietly in his/her room)
 2: Because their parent made them go to at 9pm therefore I must be good for
them. (What was good enuff for my forefathers is good enuff for me).
 3: He/she is having trouble getting for school/whatever. (Good reasoning)
There are proably a million others.
 Curfew (parently, not legal) is mostly just protectiveness or overprotectiveness.
I once had an 18 year old girlfriend who's parent would not allow her out after
dark.
  Elric