OUR OPINION: Keep focus on child safety on farms
April 29, 2012 at 6:30 pm in Grand Forks Herald
The Labor Department in effect tried to make farm childhoods completely safe. That was an overreach, as the outcry proved; and the department smartly retreated.
But how about trying to make farm childhoods safer than they are today?
Not completely safe. Safer. Continue Reading
There are many valuable lessons to be working on the farm at a young age. The number 1 lesson is safety, lesson nuber 2 is long hours and hard work. I started driving tractor on my own at 12. I could back a trailer by 13. And I was working 16 hour days at 16. I hope these overzealous labor heads leave the farm lifestyle alone.
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Why is it that farmers don’t have to follow the same rules as every other employer?
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You can only reduce risk, you can’t ensure safety. Life is risky.
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Because it has historically been a family buisness.
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Children? How about Professors?
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