This accident is so horible. I am so saddened by it my heart aches. My wife and I look at our 4 kids age 5-11 and we try to show them the dangers to prevent this. I grew up like most of you enjoying playing the farm life, understanding the nobility of feeding the world, being given responsibility at a youg age has given values a lot of us would say are irreplaceable. Many of our fondest memories come from moments made working and enjoying farm life and you can ask city dwellers who have spent any time on farm and their best memories come from the farm too.
There are risks in everything, how many kids have been injured or died on roller coasters? Ski hills? Swimming pools? Do we ban all kids from these because of the risk?
Or do we look at the rewards and deem the risk acceptable?
you can ask: what if it was my family who lost three daughters, and yes that is something I have grappled with and I could never "understand" untill it happened to me.
But come on people this society is bubble warped enough the way it is. Let us make our farms safer for kids in memory of all who have passed on in tragic farm accident, but banning kids from farm activities is not the answer and will bring litle benefits to them who live on.
There are risks in everything, how many kids have been injured or died on roller coasters? Ski hills? Swimming pools? Do we ban all kids from these because of the risk?
Or do we look at the rewards and deem the risk acceptable?
you can ask: what if it was my family who lost three daughters, and yes that is something I have grappled with and I could never "understand" untill it happened to me.
But come on people this society is bubble warped enough the way it is. Let us make our farms safer for kids in memory of all who have passed on in tragic farm accident, but banning kids from farm activities is not the answer and will bring litle benefits to them who live on.
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