Obama to ban kids from farming

[jeffmo]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Perhaps, but that decision is NOT and should NOT be the US Governments ...that decision should rest entirely with the child and the parents of the child. When I see 14 year old kids able to do backflips on 250cc motorcycles in the name of fun, then a little work back on the farm doesn't sound so bad to me. The last thing we need is another government regulation telling us what we, as parents, can and cannot do with our children.

Don't those kids on motorcycles have helmets,gloves,boots,etc., for protection??
on family farms there are ALOT of dangers that underage family members/friends are exposed to and shouldn't be.several that always come to mind are pto shafts that have had protective shrouds missing,augers w/out the proper protective covers and kids operating tractors that most don't have proper training on and in many cases rollovers occur.look up the injury numbers associated with farms and then look at the ages of those injured.
I'm not for more gov't but i am very much for protecting kids from un-necessary injuuries or death.I worked on many different farms when i was in school and saw alot of these situations.all it takes is one shroud that has been removed and a split second and the result is forever.
if SOME regulations help remedy the problem then I'm all for it.
all it takes is seeing 1 person who's been caught up in a pto shaft to be convinced that some regulations would help.