[AT] the way we were raised

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

I enjoyed the last line in the article:

"People get pretty extreme about trying to protect everybody from everything," Hornback said. "It's hard manual labor, but there's nothing wrong with hard manual labor."

While I didn't grow up on a farm my grandfather  had some cattle and I can remember building fences and driving cattle. He always had me working in the garden. He taught me to prune his grapes and apple trees. They wintered in Florida and while they were gone I'd tend to the trees and grapes for him. Learned to shovel chicken shit out of the coop. Nothing glamorous but far from abuse.

My how things have changed.

Brad

On May 17, 2014, at 6:47 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Off topic for the most part, but considering how most of us were raised, maybe not so much.
> The story may be more relative to southeastern states due to the amount of manual labor, but I’m certain midwest grain farms could fall into this as well, maybe more so if you consider the larger equipment. I’m not in favor of putting kids at risk, but with proper supervision and job selection I have trouble finding a problem. Your thoughts before you head to the shop and tinker on some old iron on this chilly (it’s less than 50deg here, way below normal) morning.
> 
> Anyway, you know where the delete button is.
> 
> http://www.wral.com/report-highlights-child-labor-on-us-tobacco-farms/13642674/
> 
> John Hall
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