When I was about eleven years old, I studied the United States Constitution in school. It was obvious to me that my family was not being run as a democracy. So I wrote up a Constitution for my family. In my Constitution, the five of us, my parents and the three children, would be members of the Hunsaker Family Congress. Each of us would have an equal vote. Punishments could only be administered in accordance with the laws passed by the Congress. The exact punishment for each offense would be defined by these laws. We were all presumed to be innocent until found guilty by a jury that consisted of remaining family members. After writing the Constitution, I had meetings with my parents and my siblings to try to get them to adopt my Constitution and establish a Hunsaker family democracy. My parents did not seem to take me seriously. I assumed that they were simply unwilling to give up their dictatorial powers. I felt frustrated and saw the necessity to fight a Revolutionary war. However, I did not believe at that time that I had the military power to win a war. Furthermore, I was unsure about the loyalty of my brother and sister if I went to war. So I decided to put off starting the Hunsaker family Revolutionary war until I was older and stronger.