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You can drive, consent to sex with people within 4 years of your own age (legally) are a full conscience being capable of rational thought yet......your parents by the literal definition still fucking OWN you!!!!! Think about how insane that is! you have to be home when they tell you too, cant hang with friends if they say no, still vastly control what you eat, who you talk to, for girls especially fathers just go apeshit if their daughter has sex/wants to have sex they cannot fathom that an essentially biological adult wants to do adult things ya know....

I believe that if a teen wants to work full time doing whatever construction carpentry, be trained as an electrician and start their actual adult life early they should 100 percent be allowed to...BUT NO like others have said here you are actual property until the day you turn 18.....Sadly I do not see that changing anytime soon. Thoughts?

Well in some US states, the age of majority isn't until 19. One roadblock I do see (which can be fixed) is how school is structured. Most US students do not graduate until the age of 18/19. So there would need to be an accelerated pathway available at every single school that allows 16 year-olds to earn the credits to graduate. There is the option of emancipation. How about more education on it for 16 year-olds so they can file with the court for emancipation? Maybe create a network of lawyers that will do this advising and help file the paperwork pro bono. Use the system as is until something can be changed.