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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree with unnecessary tough love of making kids do menial chores, take retail jobs and carry student loans unless your resources require it.

If you can make life easier and take away some hurdles, its not going to make them deadbeat criminals, nor would chores, retail and loan would make them super successful.

My parents did it for me and I did it for my kids. I hope they'll do it for their children because it works.[/quote]

My 13 yo is currently out on our zero turn mowing horse fields.  His work ethic is phenomenal.  He also has a high end gaming system, that he paid for and built himself with money earned doing things like mowing and power washing.

He is extremely intelligent, but working on our farm has taught him how to also be practical, efficient, and a problem solver.

My parents did that for me, and I am doing this for him because it works. [/quote]

I'm all for kids doing chores and having jobs, but that's not a safe thing for a child that age.  The AAP suggests kids wait till their 16, and 13 isn't even close.

Child labor laws exist to protect children from people like you.  [/quote]

PP here.  You are hilarious.

Just so you know (I doubt you have ever been on one), a decent riding mower has a mechanism that kills the engine and blades if your butt is unseated from the seat.

He has been driving our (very slow) RTV dragging the riding arena for $1/day since he was 10.  He was an excellent driver before I let him on the mower.  No hills.  What do you think is going to happen to him?

I don’t let him mow with the tractor and bush hog because it has a PTO drive.  THAT is dangerous. Anything with a PTO is risky and is not done without supervision.

I bet he will be far safer on the roads in a car at 16 than your kid, no matter how much you spend on Driver’s Ed. I’ve been driving since I was 10 as well and never had a car accident.

Also, family farm work is exempted from child labor laws.

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