An attempt by the Obama Administration to control what children of farmers can and cannot do on their own farms is being fought in Washington. I can tell you that I grew up on a family farm from the age 12 through 18. Every member of the family is expected to help with the every day work demands. I hated ever minute of it, but I did it because my parents told me to.
Hard work, manual labor, hauling water in 5 gallon buckets, planting a garden, harvesting crops, cleaning out animal stalls, whatever needed to be done, we all did it.
I am no worse off for the hard work, in fact after living in a large city from age 3 - 12, working on the famiy farm gave me a clear understanding of how hard that lifestyle is and how different it is from living in a city and having parents who did 'pubic work'.
Not every farmer has the funds to hire workers to do the manual labor, he depends on family members. It has always been so and probably isn't going to change any time soon -- unless we allow the Federal government to tell farmers, parents, what their children can and cannot do on private property.
“If the federal government can regulate the relationship between parents and their children on their own family’s farm there is virtually nothing off limits” – Senator Jerry Moran
Just when I thought Obama’s big government couldn’t get more intrusive we have this: (h/t Gateway Pundit and Allen Wall) --Curt, Flopping Aces.
Curt at Fopping Aces has all the details. Go, read, share.
Sounds like another plan to brainwash children that all their needs will be met by the government. All they have to do is get in lockstep and toe the party line. Hitler Youth. What kids NEED is chores and responsibility and hard work. All kids hate it, as you did. I hated my chores and my kids hated theirs, but we did them and we're better off for it. But that's a conservative work ethic and liberals hate it. They'll answer to God for their wickedness.
Posted by: Jenny the Pirate | March 22, 2012 at 10:35 AM
My family has involved farmers and outdoorsmen since at least the 1700s and I like to think that once they came over here to America, they helped grow a country.
Sara herself grew up on a tobacco farm and while I would not like to have had experienced her particular hardships, I believe that such responsibilities enabled her to withstand some of the most egregious challenges any individual human could endure.
Obama the Great Community Organizer probably never set foot on a real farm in his entire life -- and then only to spread something besides the weath.
Posted by: R.J. Godlewski | March 22, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Just more social engineering from this low life chicago turd ! What an a-hole ! i guess he would have had my father arrested if it was the late 60's and all through the 70's. My Dad taught me a lot on the ranch, i was pulling a set of harrows in front of him , when i was 8 years old with a W-6 Mc Cormick, while he was seeding our oat and barley crop. Not to mention when a cow or yearling got loose, i would ride after it with my sister. Does that idiot honestly believe farmers and ranchers in America are gonna give a goats ass if he signs this into law ? The longer this turd stays in power, the more stupid i see him to be...he's an imbecile !
Posted by: PALADIN | March 22, 2012 at 03:14 PM
Is there no aspects of our lives into which government will not interfere? Sheesh.
Posted by: Always On Watch | March 23, 2012 at 08:04 AM
Um, "aspects" should read "aspect." Sorry.
Posted by: Always On Watch | March 23, 2012 at 08:05 AM
Linked at my site:
http://alwaysonwatch3.blogspot.com/2012/03/todays-recommended-reading.html
Posted by: Always On Watch | March 23, 2012 at 08:09 AM
For liberals, regulation and taxes are the answer to everything. And if there is no problem to be address, tax and regulate anyway.
I don't think anyone wishes for children to be working their backsides off on a farm, we would all like children to be children, but most of us understand that reality is quite different to our wishful fantasies.
If the farmer can't survive without his/her children pitching in and so long as it ain't slave labor or something, so be it. I suppose for liberals, they'll put forward that the farmer should shut the farm down and move onto the welfare queue.
Posted by: Right Wing Theocrat | March 23, 2012 at 03:58 PM
More lies and fear mongering by loony wingnuts. Get a life.
Posted by: liberaldude | March 23, 2012 at 04:10 PM
Libtards really want to get all the marxism in they can while their boy's in place.
Posted by: Skunkfeathers | March 23, 2012 at 06:35 PM
@RightWingTherocrat I agree with you about the part kids being kids. My father gave me a heifer each year , till i leaft home, and all the heifers that gave birth to a heifer , i kept. When i left home in 1981 to join the Army i had a herd of my own that numbered 30 some head. Not bad for an 18 year old kid. Not to mention each year i had a 4-H steer my folks gave me to feed and fit, and then sell at the 4-H Auction. Usually i got anywhere from 900 to a 1000 dollars for them. I'd split it with my mom for helping me and driving me to my baseball games even though she insisted she only wanted a couple hundred. Thats where i learned if you work hard , the rewards are good !
Posted by: PALADIN | March 23, 2012 at 08:02 PM
I guess Obama thinks kids shouldn't be taught to work hard for a living. He thinks they should learn to sell drugs on the street corner and get on welfare. Thats the side of the track he comes from
Posted by: Bob | April 21, 2012 at 11:26 PM