My Declaration of Sentiments

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an individual to assume further rights to those he/she has occupied, he/she should declare the cause that impels him/her to do so.
I hold these truths to be self-evident; that all adults are created equal; that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights; that among these are the ability to set rules for oneself, independence, and the ability to choose what one wishes to do. It is the right of those who suffer from parents who restrict these rights to refuse to obey them.
The history of modern America is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of the parent toward the adult son or daughter, having directly objected to the establishment of an absolute tyranny over them. To prove this, let facts be shown.
My parents make me obey the curfew set for minors.
There are certain times I may not see my boyfriend, because they don’t trust me, though I am much more sensible and conservative with my actions than many adults much older than I.
They have made me ignorant of my responsibilities and the law by “protecting” me as they did when I was a minor.
I may speak, but they choose not to listen, making my freedom to speak pointless.
Now, because I, an eighteen year old in high school, do feel aggrieved and deprived of my most sacred rights, I insist that I am immediately allowed to have all the rights and privileges which belong to me as a citizen of the United States.
I firmly believe in the Right and the True, and so I sign this declaration.