Read this! You kids will not be able to work on your farm anymore!!

[locke2121]

Hey Washington idjits! They're called CHORES! Get used to the fact! I also teach my kids how to fish, use guns, care for their elders, respect others and how to think for themselves! So...when you raise my kids, pay for their clothes, meals, help them with homework, kiss their boo-boos and all the other thousand things a parent does...THEN you can tell my kids they can't work with animals. Until then, as Mad Max on John Boy and Billy says, SIT DOWN, SHUT UP and QUIT RUINING MY LIFE! Everyone else...have a nice day lol.

 

[Capvin]

Hey, I certainly agree with you that if a few kids are killed or maimed by driving large machines on commercial farms, so what...it was just chores. It is the price you need to pay to get those tomatoes to your table. Oh, wait, EXCUSE ME...the ijidts were not talking about small farms or family farms, they were only talking about the large commercial enterprises. But, what the heck, what's the big deal about killing a few of the brats anyway..

 

[zzGypsy]

well then the little mom-and-pop (and kids) livestock auctions I go to every week must qualify for "large commercial enterprises".

I watch these young boys work the auctions all the time. it's their Family Business and everyone contributes. they don't go in the pen with animals bigger than them, but they can handle the young goats and sheep safely and effectively, and that's what they do. when the bigger animals are run through the pen, the boys get out. and when they're working the lambs and sheep, there's always an adult in the pen with the kids, just in case.

but I dunno, occasionally one does something really edgy... like sit on a pony that's being auctioned off.

and man you should see the pride these young men have in what they're doing. you can see it in their enthusiasm and they way they carry themselves. these aren't just chores, this is them joining the fraternity of men. this is them providing for their families. you can see the pride and honor and confidence in them. you can see them radiate with a sense of what it is to be a contributor.

I wonder what those boys would be doing with their evenings if they weren't helping with the family business... probably something that would *really* build their work ethic like spending 5 hours on their xbox.

seriously, it is NOT the government's place to be in the middle of these families and their small businesses.

people are not entitled to risk-free lives. people are entitled to make choices, including what circumstances their children should be allowed in. the loss of work experience and the loss of self-identity as a provider that so VERY many of these boys would suffer is NOT a fair trade off against the occasional injury one of these boys might sustain from getting butted by a sheep.

children are NOT better off if they're "protected" from getting the kinds of experiences that will help them grow into *real* men and women, not whiney, entitlement-minded incompetents with no experience who are shocked by the demands of the real world.

yeah, some of those experiences involve risk. it's up to the parents to judge what risks a particular child is ready for, and parent accordingly. and yeah, sometimes someone gets hurt, and that sucks. but check the fine print on your birth certificate... it doesn't say you're guaranteed a risk-free life.

this kind of government overreaching just makes me angry. it needs to stop.

if you'll pardon me now, I have to go write some elected officials with the startling news that they do not know better than these kids parents how these kids should be raised.

 

[GhostRider65]

well then the little mom-and-pop (and kids) livestock auctions I go to every week must qualify for "large commercial enterprises".

I watch these young boys work the auctions all the time.  it's their Family Business and everyone contributes.  they don't go in the pen with animals bigger than them, but they can handle the young goats and sheep safely and effectively, and that's what they do.  when the bigger animals are run through the pen, the boys get out.  and when they're working the lambs and sheep, there's always an adult in the pen with the kids, just in case. 

but I dunno, occasionally one does something really edgy... like sit on a pony that's being auctioned off.

and man you should see the pride these young men have in what they're doing.  you can see it in their enthusiasm and they way they carry themselves.  these aren't just chores, this is them joining the fraternity of men.  this is them providing for their families.  you can see the pride and honor and confidence in them.  you can see them radiate with a sense of what it is to be a contributor.

I wonder what those boys would be doing with their evenings if they weren't helping with the family business... probably something that would *really* build their work ethic like spending 5 hours on their xbox.

seriously, it is NOT the government's place to be in the middle of these families and their small businesses. 

people are not entitled to risk-free lives. people are entitled to make choices, including what circumstances their children should be allowed in. the loss of work experience and the loss of self-identity as a provider that so VERY many of these boys would suffer is NOT a fair trade off against the occasional injury one of these boys might sustain from getting butted by a sheep. 

children are NOT better off if they're "protected" from getting the kinds of experiences that will help them grow into *real* men and women, not whiney, entitlement-minded incompetents with no experience who are shocked by the demands of the real world. 

yeah, some of those experiences involve risk.  it's up to the parents to judge what risks a particular child is ready for, and parent accordingly.  and yeah, sometimes someone gets hurt, and that sucks.  but check the fine print on your birth certificate... it doesn't say you're guaranteed a risk-free life.

this kind of government overreaching just makes me angry. it needs to stop.

if you'll pardon me now, I have to go write some elected officials with the startling news that they do not know better than these kids parents how these kids should be raised.

Rock on Gypsy................ The Government needs to deal with there issues and over spemding and leave the parenting to the parents, half of whats wrong with this country is the Gov/state sticking there GD big Noses in where they do not belong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We would be much better off without there micro managing our lives, they have A job to do and IMO it is not sticking therfe noses in families affairs.........

 

[ChickChickChicky]

children are NOT better off if they're "protected" from getting the kinds of experiences that will help them grow into *real* men and women, not whiney, entitlement-minded incompetents with no experience who are shocked by the demands of the real world.

Unfortunately, Gypsy, whiney, entitlement minded incompetents is exactly what the government wants.............

 

[fried green eggs]

More than half the guys that came to work on my family's farm during the summers are now Full-time farmers with their own farms today. What happens to 4-H, when kids can't work with and learn how to care for animals. Yes working with animals and around farm machinery can be dangerous but, so are cars for young drivers. Where does the Gov. think the next generation of farmers will come from - if kids are banned ?

 

[BackyardCoop]

Really!?
I wish we would have had these animals as a kid at my house!
In my 20's now, I am loving it and my nieces and nephews do too. What about 4-H? This is rediculous!

What happened to the good 'ole family farm? They can't keep their noses out of anythig!

 

[twisted troy]

Generally kids raised in a rural environment have sense. I grew up around critters and equipement and the worst thing that happened was getting a tractor stuck. I threw bales and helped with everything that needed to be done. I also hired on to help bale hay for others, was it fun......no, was it worth it....yes. It taught me that a day of real work paid mans wages! In fact my parents had agreed to spend the same amount of $ that I spent on a nintendo on games. When they first came out they were a couple 100 dollars. My first weekend baleing hay for neighbors paid for my Nintendo and my folks provided some games. I was proud as a peacock!

I was working with a 90 year old man and he was keeping up with 2 14 yr old boys throwing bales and stacking them tighter than we could! Work sure didn't seem to hurt him much either.

I'm happy this doesn't apply to family farms but it's getting close People really need to understand the importance of good honest work and the values it instills.

 

[zzGypsy]

It's good to see all y'all are on the same page I am...

it's up to us to make this stop. the "government" has no reason to stop on it's own... the people driving that machine have an agenda and it's not ours.

it's not enough to be mad, fixing this takes action. come on, we made them take a step back before, we need to do it again. they are counting on us being too busy, too tired, too preoccupied, too timid, too easily turned away ... we should not have to fight this fight, but it's on our doorstep. litterally.

I'm asking you to step up and help defend the territory you care about.

so who's written / called / emailed some elected or appointed person about this today?

who are you going to speak your mind to tomorrow?

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"If not me, who? If not now, when?"

 

[hemet dennis]

Hey, I certainly agree with you that if a few kids are killed or maimed by driving large machines on commercial farms, so what...it was just chores. It is the price you need to pay to get those tomatoes to your table. Oh, wait, EXCUSE ME...the ijidts were not talking about small farms or family farms, they were only talking about the large commercial enterprises. But, what the heck, what's the big deal about killing a few of the brats anyway..

More kids are hurt riding in cars so lets not allow them in cars.