My childhood was gratifyingly boring in most such ways... I'd like to hear your stories, sometime. I've wondered what the runaway laws *are*, though I think the courts have said parents have every right to ship their kids to re-education camps for whatever reason, such as being gay, backtalky, or sexually active. But yeah, I think Holt in his book emphasized freedoms to work and make contracts and hold their own property as more urgent than others.

What was your list of arbitrary distinctions?

In unrelated news, two days before I have to sign my lease renewal to head off prospective tenants.