Deep South Homestead
Deep South Homestead community with Danny and Wanda.
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Do you think Children Should HELP on the Homestead?
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Do you think Children Should HELP on the Homestead?
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Most definitely! We are looking to add some smaller projects for our kids this year. Our youngest is only 2 but he gets upset if we don’t slow down and let him help.
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This is a simple question to answer. Yes children should help around the house, farm, homestead or cave?
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and re: allowances. in the words of Joel Salatin, “No one should be paid to breath”.
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Most of the time our children put in their share of work on our farm. Most days they are more than willing to help with anything we have going on! From processing Chickens to our daily routines.
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Heck yeah if their parents are good with it bring ‘em on over..
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rural kids/city kids… THATS the difference. Spend time with the kids, they NEED it. We have all seen the kids who have a video game, or head in the phone mentor. It makes a huge difference in what kind of people they become
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Absolutely without a doubt!!!
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Absolutely they should help! I was laid off recently from my IT job and in the process of a new job search, I can tell you guys that AI technology, while it as existed for a while, is really ramping up and I believe will make many jobs obsolete even in the next 5 years. Did you know AI can write articles, make videos, narrate in the same conversational vernacular as a human? I see newspapers in the near future firing all their reporters and using AI to write all their stories. (Who’s to say they aren’t doing that now?)
It is going to be so important for children today to have practical hands on skills, most all of which they would learn working on a farm or ranch. And of course, all the skills they develop aside, such as problem-solving, etc. I truly believe they won’t have any other way to make a living and will be miles ahead of their peers when they grow up because of what they can learn from working on a farm and working with an older person.
It is so important right now for children of all ages to spend as much time possible with grandparents and older aunts and uncles. The older generations have knowledge, skills and wisdom they are going to need in the future and they will be richer in so many ways from the time spent together.
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No! Adults should. Meaning if you as an adult are not working at properly raising a child by motivating, teaching and yes preaching, you failed yourself, society and a child. Hence, many a problem we see today. Kids won’t see farm or any kind of work of love work.
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Interesting perspective! I can see what you mean. Is it “work” if they’re seeing it as just an enjoyable activity of life and living? Nice thoughts on this
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Thank you and I believe it can be real / real enjoyable for a child to be participating with their parents(s).
That is to say; if the child is participating early in life …. Even if they do more harm than good with whatever the task. I feel by allowing them to fail, try or think their helping when actually to young to be a benefit to the work at hand is a extremely valuable lesson if the parent is not critical in their guidance of the child attempting a task. Soon, they will be better at what the work may be and have learned so much about themselves, life etc. eventually the child will pass the parent(s) in skills. it’s really important in my opinion for a child and family.
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I completely agree, gentle teaching and affirmation is super important. Whether they’re “too young” is a bit of a difficult metric. Personally I wouldn’t have a young child below teenage age operating a tractor or heavy machinery as they could get severely hurt— I’ve hear of children as young as 12 losing fingers and toes trying to operate machinery they’re too young for. People need to be wise and accept physical limitations instead of pushing children too hard. That said, can an 8 year old hold a rake give it a go while their parents are tilling the soil? Yeah, that seems relatively harmless and, even if they’re not “tilling right” they can have fun learning and try, as long as you haven’t planted any seeds yet they’re not gonna mess anything up too badly. It’s all about balance and keeping a wise and level-headed perspective, while allowing fun, emotional connection, and the early building blocks of life experience here. As long as the child isn’t feeling forced and is being encouraged to do so from a place of loving encouragement.
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Yes! You’re correct in applying safe limits. I agree with you 100%. Though, I sometimes wonder how I survived my childhood.😄
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Haha 😆 I agree with ya there. I often say that myself, but then I remember unfortunately not all of us survived those childhoods. I remember when I was a young child a kid in our community was in the passenger seat of a car without a seat belt, and the car was hit… needless to say the child went through the windshield and died. I have memories of riding in the back of a pick-up truck before it got regulated, they’re fond memories… but I’m sure some kids probably had terrible accidents riding in the back. I’ve definitely heard of kids having very terrible accidents for lack of basic common sense safety precautions, and knowing the risk level in your environment. Not that I think the government should ever be an arbiter of what’s safe, they’ve already gone too far with that to the point of being controlling. Common sense will do.
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Required.. absolutely! Mother of 8, grandmother of 9. If they do not work, they do not eat!! (Unless they catch grandma getting something out of the oven 😉)
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Of course. 1) You are teaching them skills that will help them survive in life and 2) You are teaching them that they are a valuable part of life at home. Positive feedback on their work whenever possible will make them want to help.
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When children are a participating member of the household – on a farm or otherwise – they develop both a sense purpose, of being needed, and of self-worth. Both of those will help maintain a healthy mindset; many of those children who commit suicide have no sense of purpose, and see no point in remaining here.
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Absolutely my 5year old grandson learned how to grow and pick tomatoes and harvest sugar cane and he and my 3 year old grandson helped me plant potatoes this spring. It doesn’t have to be perfect to begin teaching. My sons grew up with choroid tending pigs and gardening and are good young men who know how to work and do as they are told
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One of the favorite things for the kids at my school is to work in the garden. They have learned they enjoy seeing things grow
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Yes, children needs to learn how to grow their own food. They will carry that knowledge with them for years to come.
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