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 04-21-2005, 00:29 Post: 110156
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  Was I really seeing this dangerous act

This is a tough one for me... I grew-up on a farm and MANY times I road on the fender of my dad's JD 3020 while doing field work, bringing in hay wagons, etc. We would even ride on the tongue of the wagon while hooking-up and unhooking wagons. (My father did take it very easy under these situations though.) Your right, it is not the safest thing to do and if a mistake happens, it would be hard to forgive yourself as a parent. I even used to ride on the JD 50 that had no fenders and lots of moving things around your feet. I don't know...is that irresponsible? While living on a farm, it is somewhat a part of life I think...to learn how things work and why we should respect machinery. We need to be responsible parents, but we also need to teach our children. IMHO...my being around farm machinery at a young age taught me how to be more reponsible with cars, motorcyles, tractors, etc. as an adult. What about a 9 year old with a 10 pump BB gun, a 12 yr. old with a 410 shotgun (both me)...respect is often taught at a young age.






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I think the difference here is between teaching respect for things that can cause injury and true irresponsibility. If the kids are too young to be able to grasp a concept of respect, then it is irresponsibility. The age at which this happens will differ from child to child. As parents, it is possible to over protect, but we can never over educate. Any parent that places a young child in potential harms way by choice however, is acting irresponsible.






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