How they gonna learn if they don’t get out n do it? Definitely teaching the next generation
CitrusBelt
In my experience, purely child labor….they learn quite a bit early on, but by about 7th or 8th grade all willingness to work is lost, and all knowledge is gone within about a year after that.
[Context — don’t have kids myself, but my sister’s kids live in guest house. Started my garden mainly to get their butts outdoors, and to encourage them to eat healthily….but the minute they got smartphones (and were no longer under my thumb), all was lost!!]
Aside from that, though, if their labor results in a good amount more calories in their stomach than they’re expending? Then that ain’t child labor; it’s a case of “go pick some food, amd you can feel like you helped grow it” 😄
Unacceptable_2U
Yes
smarchypants
Where can we send our kids? (asking for a friend.. )
obfuscator17
Teach them. I have a garden now because my parents always had one. My attitude is, if you don’t have at least a little garden, what the heck is wrong with you
ComplaintNo6835
This is half the reason I had kids
Mobile-Company-8238
Same difference….. right? 🤣
stickman07738
Laughing, I had to turnover the garden for my grandfather at 10. I still have the 40 year old pitch fork that I use every spring.
printerparty
Have one good memory of my biological grandfather and it’s picking green beans in his garden
shushushubby
You’ve got a teenager working while I have a 3 and 4 year old earning their keep 😅
NailFin
I make my kids spend an hour in the garden on Sundays. My kids think it’s child labor. I think it’s a learning opportunity.
Kingminos03
This is the reason you have kids right? That’s what my grandparents told me when they put me to work 🤣.
tomgweekendfarmer
Yes
that_other_goat
yes.
Leaf-Stars
Nice havahart!
Ok_Branch6621
A thing can be two things.
Dull_Judge_1389
Property envy!!!! Great parenting 🙂
ooojaeger
Both!
ironyis4suckerz
Two things can be true
Recluse_18
Definitely teaching the next generation. I grew up on a farm. My mother had two very large garden plots. One was for vegetables that spread like cucumber and pumpkin and zucchini and she also put potatoes in that plot and the other one was for green beans, peas, carrots, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli.as a kid our jobs were to weed and keep the garden watered. We learned to use everything that we grew and honestly, I didn’t know what organic was until much later in life. I didn’t realize that’s what we were doing.
KingLuis
Quietwolfkingcrow
Lol. I always told my mom potato peeling was prison work. My daughter volunteered at 7 so she does it now lol. Depends on the kid I guess.
Realistic_Brick6888
Sorry, I’ve let mine get away so far by blaming the city life. I’ll need to find a way to re-engage them in the hunter-gatherer way of life. Just caught myself saying that “if you want something done right…”! It’s so much harder to pull them outdoors and to respect labor!
grownandnumbed
You all talking about the kid
All I see are glorious beans
Spiritual_Aioli_6559
Teaching. Yes, as my kids grew into teens, they became less interested down to full-on refusal to help in the vegetable garden.
The kicker – they *are* absorbing, learning, and remembering what it was like to work with me and how it made them feel, much like I did with my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in their gardens and farm fields. Food and gardening were the binds that tie our family’s memories – blackberry stained hands, the taste of dirt after wiping carrots on my pants to eat, the sweetness of peas as we picked them. I learned so much. And so did my kids!!
My oldest, now in college, volunteered in a community garden and has her own little porch garden. We’re on the right track, but just as the garden teaches us, patience is key.🫛🫘🌱🫐🍓
gomegazeke
PowerKindly
What a beautiful yard you have 🙂
goldey2572
I mean, if you’re a parent posting your kid while they’re upset, maybe that’s the lesson you’re teaching them.
Supertiger34gaming
I been enjoying gardening since I was 9 now I’m nearly 29
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How they gonna learn if they don’t get out n do it?
Definitely teaching the next generation
In my experience, purely child labor….they learn quite a bit early on, but by about 7th or 8th grade all willingness to work is lost, and all knowledge is gone within about a year after that.
[Context — don’t have kids myself, but my sister’s kids live in guest house. Started my garden mainly to get their butts outdoors, and to encourage them to eat healthily….but the minute they got smartphones (and were no longer under my thumb), all was lost!!]
Aside from that, though, if their labor results in a good amount more calories in their stomach than they’re expending? Then that ain’t child labor; it’s a case of “go pick some food, amd you can feel like you helped grow it” 😄
Yes
Where can we send our kids? (asking for a friend.. )
Teach them. I have a garden now because my parents always had one. My attitude is, if you don’t have at least a little garden, what the heck is wrong with you
This is half the reason I had kids
Same difference….. right? 🤣
Laughing, I had to turnover the garden for my grandfather at 10. I still have the 40 year old pitch fork that I use every spring.
Have one good memory of my biological grandfather and it’s picking green beans in his garden
You’ve got a teenager working while I have a 3 and 4 year old earning their keep 😅
I make my kids spend an hour in the garden on Sundays. My kids think it’s child labor. I think it’s a learning opportunity.
This is the reason you have kids right? That’s what my grandparents told me when they put me to work 🤣.
Yes
yes.
Nice havahart!
A thing can be two things.
Property envy!!!! Great parenting 🙂
Both!
Two things can be true
Definitely teaching the next generation. I grew up on a farm. My mother had two very large garden plots. One was for vegetables that spread like cucumber and pumpkin and zucchini and she also put potatoes in that plot and the other one was for green beans, peas, carrots, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli.as a kid our jobs were to weed and keep the garden watered. We learned to use everything that we grew and honestly, I didn’t know what organic was until much later in life. I didn’t realize that’s what we were doing.
Lol. I always told my mom potato peeling was prison work. My daughter volunteered at 7 so she does it now lol. Depends on the kid I guess.
Sorry, I’ve let mine get away so far by blaming the city life. I’ll need to find a way to re-engage them in the hunter-gatherer way of life. Just caught myself saying that “if you want something done right…”! It’s so much harder to pull them outdoors and to respect labor!
You all talking about the kid
All I see are glorious beans
Teaching. Yes, as my kids grew into teens, they became less interested down to full-on refusal to help in the vegetable garden.
The kicker – they *are* absorbing, learning, and remembering what it was like to work with me and how it made them feel, much like I did with my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in their gardens and farm fields. Food and gardening were the binds that tie our family’s memories – blackberry stained hands, the taste of dirt after wiping carrots on my pants to eat, the sweetness of peas as we picked them. I learned so much. And so did my kids!!
My oldest, now in college, volunteered in a community garden and has her own little porch garden. We’re on the right track, but just as the garden teaches us, patience is key.🫛🫘🌱🫐🍓
What a beautiful yard you have 🙂
I mean, if you’re a parent posting your kid while they’re upset, maybe that’s the lesson you’re teaching them.
I been enjoying gardening since I was 9 now I’m nearly 29
Teaching. I started my first garden at age 13.
Why not both?! 😂