Johanna Trask vividly remembers how she treated curfews as a teen. Mainly, in how she drove recklessly, ignoring stop signs, all so she would arrive home by her assigned time. 

She didn’t want the same for her kids. So, now that they’re teens, she’s flipping the script on the “home by” curfew, opting for a “leave by” curfew instead. 

In a video posted to Instagram, Trask explained that this option is available now with the use of location-sharing apps. She checks the app to make sure her teens have left at the agreed-upon leave time, and what possible stops they’re making along the way. If they do leave later than that time, the consequences are the same as if they arrived home late. 

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“Lost phone privileges for a few days,” per her interview with Today. 

Rethinking the traditional teen curfew

According to Trask, this still teaches her kids to be mindful of the clock, without the added pressure to speed home. She added that this was, in a way, a small example of........

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