Parental "be-home-by" restrictions

Usage examples of curfews.

More rationing of almost every conceivable item, curfews, lights out, crackdowns on any dissident activity…all of these and many more policies were being instituted as allied forces pressed closer towards China from the northeast, from the east and from the south.

It was eleven o'clock and the teenagers who had eleven o'clock curfews were just returning.

There were many: She needed more freedom, more involvement in high school activities, later curfews, permission to drive with boys, money to attend the dances, extracurricular lessons so she could improve in an area she wanted to try out for, nicer clothes, parents who were more understanding and not so “outdated,” and so on.

We listed things such as acceptable grades, planning for the future, helping out at home, obeying curfews, reading on a regular basis, being nice to her brothers and sisters, and hanging out with kids who had good values and habits.

They need encouragement and solace tonight, not curfews and closings and pistols and patrols.

After tonight, Kovano will believe in curfews and closings at times of public stress.

In practice, this was frowned upon when it manifested as opposition to new faculty curfews for lounges.