By the time your kids are teens they are making their own decisions based on what they learn from their parents when they were 4 or 5 years old. Curfew is used to satisfy the parents, doesn't do anything to the kids but make them more rebelious. Keeping them in and close to you is not enough and video games and internet is not a way to educate you kids. You need to show them concequences for bad behavior and rewards for good behavior. Your time and attention to them is free and the best way to teach your kids how to be responsible. They need to feel pride in their accomplishments. Curfew is like jail, it doesn't work. Bad kids come from bad parents. I don't mean the parents are bad people, they just didn't pay attention to their kids development because they were too busy looking after themselves. We need to teach our kids that everything they see is not the reality of life. My daughter started working for a credit card company and is exposed to people's financial ruin and can't believe how many people are broke. She has since started saving and watching her pennies. When we tried telling her to save something for a rainy day, she didn't understand but now through her job she had her eyes opened. Not everyone on TV is a millionaire, but it looks like that to your kids. They need to be shown the reality of life to be thankful for what they have.