The Daily Mall Reader: Curfews At Malls

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"Attention, shoppers: teens, get out! Kids hopping mad over shopping-mall curfews"

Current Events - Oct 22, 2004

(Excerpt) Your Friday night plans are all set: A night at the mall with your friends. You've got everything you need for a night of hanging out: your crew, your cash, and your cell. Oh, yeah--and your mom.

That's right, your mom. At malls around the country, parental escorts after curfew are as common as the Gap and Old Navy.

According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, malls in at least 10 states now have policies requiring teenagers to be accompanied by an adult after a set curfew.

Two malls in the metro Detroit area are the latest to enforce such a policy. At the Fairlane Town Center and Eastland Mall, kids under the age of 17 are prohibited from being in the mall past 5 p.m. unless they are with an adult over 21. Security guards check teens' IDs at the entrances and patrol courtyards and corridors for lone youths.

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The Daily Mall Reader: Mall Rats

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Malls' night restrictions on teens paying off

USA TODAY - 3/15/2007

(Excerpt) CHICAGO — A growing number of shopping malls are turning away teenagers during evening hours unless they're accompanied by adults.

Restrictions at some malls apply every night, others on Fridays and Saturdays. Hours and ages vary. The rules are meant to reduce fighting and ensure that adults and families don't avoid malls where rowdy teenagers take over stores, corridors and food courts.

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., was the first U.S. mall to create an "escort policy" in 1996, says the International Council of Shopping Centers. The idea has caught on: 39 malls now have limits on teenagers. Fifteen implemented such policies in the past two years and dozens more are considering them.

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