Saw an obit in our paper today

Saw an obit for an 18 year old boy that was killed in a tractor accident. The accident was in New Plymouth Ohio but lived in Coolville, Ohio and there wasn't anything in our paper about it. He was to get his American Farmer Degree in FFA this coming November and showed cattle. It's so sad when we hear about something like this. My Grand son is 15 and scares the Living ell out of me. He does good when with me but I feel like he would be like so many other 15 year olds if I weren't around to keep him in check, He's getting pretty cocky and is a typical smart but. Overall he's a darned good kid, but they too can get killed or hurt pretty bad. Oh well, that's what Grand parents and Parents do for their kids. (WORRY)

I grew up on a farm and knew the dangers but someone was always around to keep an eye on you and guide you. I have an amish neighbor that expects his kids to know everything one time the found out hiefer calves were being sold because the kids were showed the difference.
But so far one kid has lost a couple toes a girl almost lost her legs a third one had his head split open and the list goes on. They will not use safety equipment or even shoes.It's sad to see a young person who loses there life young I've had several close calls with kids but being aware and awake is the key . we all have to grow up and fortunately most of us make it. Thankfully your there for your little one

So sad. A promising life cut short. I saw a piece on TV (at least as accurate as the internet) that said the first summer vacation is the most dangerous 100 days for a new teenage driver. I am glad I didn't start driving in today's world.

Farm and ranch work is dangerous and there's no way around the facts. At the time I was growing up there were one armed and cripples all over. I believe seeing those and knowing what happened helped drive the realalities into my head.

Always sad and scary to hear that. I sure hope your son will learn to work around equipment without getting hurt.

A 17 year old farm boy died here 3 days ago and his 14 year old brother in critical condition. They were driving to school in an 2014 Ford 150 club cab. They haven't made it official, but suspect texting, and he veared into the path of a rather large RV. Really sad.
His class mates repainted a big rock on the school grounds last night in honor of his life. School administrators covered it with canvases this morning, and now there is a big outcry as why they thought it was inappropriate. I guess the rock had been painted school colors and had the school letters on it. The kids had put the deciesed kids name on it and placed flowers around it. Personally, I think the administrators should spend a day in the detention room.
Loren

It's all well and good to say "I did it when I was a kid". Most of the folks saying that grew up in a time when dad would take you out behind the woodshed......no longer legal and neighbors would call on tell. And most of us older guys did stuff knowing if we got caught we were going to get it but did it anyway.

Today things really haven't changed except that kids are not getting the tar beat out of them, fewer farm kids and safer equipment.

Feel sorry for the parents.

Rick

Its a shame for sure but how many teens die from drug over doses that if they'd grew working on a farm wouldn't have maybe gotten into to drugs? Teens by nature take
chances and are at times reckless.Life is full of dangers and no one can be protected 100% of the time and if they were it'd be a very dull life.

Interesting comment you make ..... and of course I think all of us think that country kids are more immune to those kinds of dangers like drugs, etc. Back 40 years ago, a guy I had taught high school with for 5 years in a big school in a big city left his city job and took a high school job not too far from where he grew up near a very small country town. I drove out to visit him that first fall for a visit and asked him how things were going. I said something like that I suspect the country kids led relatively innocent and clean lives compared to the ones he had been teaching in the big city school. He told me that in his opinion, the opposite was true. He said that drinking was totally out of control in his new school from what he experienced and the good old country boys were wild as hell and put the city kids to shame as far as carrying on after school hours. Just another side of the same story. Fact is these days, nobody is immune to all the stuff that a kid faces these days regardless of where they live. What happens at home of course often is the controlling factor though. I'm glad I grew up when I did in the 50's and took my high school in the early 60's. To be honest, if someone in my grade 12 year had asked me what I thought about marijuana, I wouldn't have a clue what he was talking about. That's a true fact believe it or not.

Old tanker hit the nail on the head. The parents of many many young adults did not raise their kids. It was too difficult for them. If you don't teach kids consequences early on, it just snowballs and the problems just get bigger and worse and more serious. Finally they are being disciplined by the judicial system if they are lucky or at the morgue if they are not. This is perhaps not a majority but it is the case for a lot of young people. Another big problem is the number of broken homes. Neither parent wants to be the one that makes the kid angry at them by being the one to discipline.

I wonder when i was younger on the farm mom
was a farm wife plain and simple she was the
one in charge of the younger kids and taught
them to listen and obey . That way as you
got older you knew who was top dog and if
dad barked that wasn't safe you didn't ask
why.
How many farm wives are now working off the
farm some i know for insurance but then how
many want the latest in thing or the latest
in trinkets seen on tv. When i taught
religion the best kids had worn but clean
hand me downs and callous on there hands and
real muscle in there arms.The worst were the
ones with the latest gimmick on tv.

Boy if that isn't true; both parents do the spoiling. Funny how it seems so evident when you're older and more wiser.
Jim B

You're right about that but kids that are out working with their parents regardless of where they live are way less likely to to get in trouble from what I have seen.The parents if nothing else can keep an eye on them better.

Growing up logging and working in the sawmill the one thing I do remember was constantly being told about safety. My dad did not talk much but I do remember many safety warnings. However, accidents can happen quickly even if you try to be safe. We all got beat up now and then but somehow managed to survive, just luck at times. So sad to hear when it happens to others espacially the young.