Raising Tough Kids: Lessons from Farm Life
10/21/24 • 18 min
This episode takes you on a journey through the unique advantages of farm life in shaping resilient and independent young adults, highlighting how structured responsibilities and expanding boundaries prepare them for complex situations. Listen to a heartwarming story about my daughter's mental and emotional fortitude, honed through farm life, as she tackles tough scenarios at work. As we face a growing mental health crisis, the episode underscores the long-term responsibility parents have in raising independent, well-adjusted children ready to embrace the world.
This episode takes you on a journey through the unique advantages of farm life in shaping resilient and independent young adults, highlighting how structured responsibilities and expanding boundaries prepare them for complex situations. Listen to a heartwarming story about my daughter's mental and emotional fortitude, honed through farm life, as she tackles tough scenarios at work. As we face a growing mental health crisis, the episode underscores the long-term responsibility parents have in raising independent, well-adjusted children ready to embrace the world.
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Just Say Hay - Raising Tough Kids: Lessons from Farm Life
Transcript
Welcome to Just Say hey , the podcast Podcast where we talk about the things that matter to small farms , because you know what ? We are a small farm .
Speaker 1The other day I was in a store and I saw a young man with his mom ,
Speaker 1normal son , mother . This young man was and I call him a young
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