Emancipation

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chronology -- 1. The Evolving Legal Rights of Children have Always Been Dependent on Age -- 2. The Age of Majority must be the Same for Males and Females -- 3. The Requirements for Minor Emancipation Vary by State -- 4. Want to Get Emancipated from Your Parents? Better be Rich -- 5. My Father Offered Me Emancipation, but I Refused It -- 6. The Emancipation of Foster Care Youth is Far from Ideal -- 7. I Aged Out of the Foster Care System and Became Homeless -- 8. A Married, Independent Minor can be Considered Legally Emancipated -- 9. There is a Mature Minor Exception to Parental Consent in Medical Decisions -- 10. Medical Emancipation Statutes Forbid Mandatory Parental Involvement for Student Medical Care -- 11. Old Enough to Vote, Old Enough to Smoke? -- 12. There is No Reason to Set the Drinking Age Later than the Age of Majority -- 13. There is Good Reason for Allowing Emancipation Prior to Legal Drinking -- 14. The Mind-Booty Problem: Rethinking the Age of Sexual Consent -- 15. For Many College Students, Home Means Both the Place They Live and the Place They Left -- Organizations to Contact -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.