I have a very troubled household. My family is constantly fighting to no avail, and it mentally wears me down. I go to school, and the work has become to much for me to handle with all the stress my family has caused for the past five years. What do I do? I try to stay home, but the cops come and yell at me. I go to school, but I can't get the work done. There's no easy way out. I don't feel free. I know that many other people my age feel the same way, which hurts me. People go through the same terrible thing all the time. But I have a solution: Lower the dropout age to 14 years of age. Of course if this happens, employment rates will drop, which is why the dropout would be UNDER PARENT CONSENT ONLY. This would greatly impact the lives of many American citizens.