I agree farm kids do know how to work but as a youth they had no choice but to work so those values where instilled in them early. Anna I so happy your kids where raised the right way and are good member of society earning a living instead of mooching off others.
I loved watching Dave's youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... in it he mentions his seven kids where raised in the garden also. Now as many of us know his son Jon has taken it upon himself to sell his daylily seeds on his own website. At his age that's amazing in today's society. But again these examples only a make up a tiny portion of the youth in America and the parents where there to guide him down the right path.
I was raised by my grandparents and they instilled in me both work and family values. I played some video games and I'm not completely against them but there is a limit and most of the parents today don't set limits, again it's easier for them to be occupied with the game then be in their hair. I'm 33 and a lot of other people my age are lazy too not necessarily because of video games but because it was easier for them to watch tv all day then to be bugging them. Don't get me wrong there was many of times I just wanted to sit inside and watch tv or play Mario and Zelda but my grandparents wouldn't allow it and now looking at my peers I'm so grateful they didn't.
My life is far from perfect but I'm not afraid of work. I love my family and respect my elders. I grow a lot of my own food and I listen often more than I talk but the older I get the more vocal I become as evident in some of my posts
I guess I'm slowly becoming an elder myself, the only thing I wish I could fix is my patients with hard headed people but the older I get the more I understand that the world is never going to be what I want it to be. instead I have to accept the fact it's a world filled with greed, sin, lust, and laziness and I can only do what I can to teach my kids not to become a product of today's society.
