You own yourself

Here's a shoutout to all my young readers.

The MPAA doesn't own your eyes. The schools don't own your time. The government has no business telling you what to wear, how to allot your time, when you can be outside, what you can say, what you can drink, where you can work, or anything else.

You are your own people. Not homework machines, not chore robots.

You are human beings like the rest of us.