: About Me

What should be the minimum age to get a library card without a parent's signature? How old should you have to be to get medical care without your parents' consent? At what age should your parents no longer be allowed to pull you out of sex education classes at school, or even pull you out of the whole school? I think that most people have never thought seriously about the answers to these questions. Some people's answer to all of these is, "18, because lots of other people think so." This is usually phrased in fancier language - "We as a society have determined", "Our civilization has deci...