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Originally Posted by Margies3
We grew up in town (albeit a very, very small town!). But my dad farmed my Grandma's farm (about 80 acres). We raised everything imaginable as far as animals go. And we grew corn, soybeans, wheat, etc.). Plus working 2 very large gardens so Mom and Grandma (and us!) could can enough food to make it thru the winter. And we had cherry trees and peach trees. We bought our apples and strawberries from a neighbor farmer who sold "pick your own".
I would NEVER want to go back to living/working on a farm. However, I do wish that my sons could have been raised on a farm and learned their work ethics the way we did as kids. Kids today don't have any idea what it really means to WORK. They complain if you ask them to dust the living room. Please!!! give me a break!
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We are very fortunate with our boys. While they did not grow up on a farm but in suburbia playing sports and video games they have always had chores and responsibilities. My husband believed that I should not have to wash my own car, carry my own groceries or scrub my own toilets as long as the boys were home. When my oldest son went in the Army he called home from boot camp... I was so worried about how mean I'd heard the drill instructors were to the young men I asked if he was OK... He said "Oh mom, don't worry. They can't do anything to me except yell and make me do chores, just like at home. LOL!!!!
Twice each year, once in summer and once over Christmas break, since we've been on the farm, all our boys come home, and they work. They are responsible for all the fence, my milk parlor, the new chicken coops, the new electrical and central air and heat in the house. And while they are here I get my car washed and groceries carried, although I do now clean toilets.
Our oldest son (Dr. Ken PhD) is a great worker, the next Mr. Jay the MBA cooked his way though college and always makes us something wonderful while he is home. Our Joe is the handyman supreme. Each has unique talents and the youngest who is still at TAMU is the most hardworking kid around and knows the animals and the farm since he is the only one who lived here.
Give those boys more to do than dust
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