Farm Chores Debate - Central City, KY

there is enough lazy people in the world and it will teach the children responsibility also if we do not teach them eventually there will be no farmers to grow food

i dont think there is anything wrong with teaching a child to work....farming is a perfect job for a little one for real...they work with animals, gardening, and whatever else. i dont think the gov't should regulate that.

A little hard work never killed anyone! My boys never did farm chores but have done their share of yard work & house work. I won't be around forever to cook and clean. Dad needs help keeping the yard looking nice for their friends to come and hang out. I think if there are not farm chores available it is never to early to start learning life skills like washing clothes and dishes, taking care of individual belongings, making beds, ect... Don't have to be perfect just attempted and done as per age of child.

Pink Psycho wrote:

A little hard work never killed anyone! My boys never did farm chores but have done their share of yard work & house work. I won't be around forever to cook and clean. Dad needs help keeping the yard looking nice for their friends to come and hang out. I think if there are not farm chores available it is never to early to start learning life skills like washing clothes and dishes, taking care of individual belongings, making beds, ect... Don't have to be perfect just attempted and done as per age of child.

my 5 year old picks her toys up, washes dishes(i have to redo, but she does them), puts clothes in the dryer, helps fold towels...r they gonna try and regulate that? a little work never hurt anyone...back in the day there wasnt any welfare, and people had to work and im sure some of the children did too..we as a country have gotten so lazy

JOKE wrote:

<quoted text>my 5 year old picks her toys up, washes dishes(i have to redo, but she does them), puts clothes in the dryer, helps fold towels...r they gonna try and regulate that? a little work never hurt anyone...back in the day there wasnt any welfare, and people had to work and im sure some of the children did too..we as a country have gotten so lazy

That was my point exactly, it doesn't have to be farm chores to be a life skill. We as parents need to hold our kids more accountable because of all the electronics available to them. I'll be the first to admit my teens can get lost in XBox, IPODs, and Smartphones, but chores have to be done to keep access. Mom always told me "I am not your maid but your mother!"