Posted by JRSutton on August 01, 2012 at 04:24:28 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: Fair Season posted by John T on July 31, 2012 at 18:18:14:
JohnT - with a son and daughter in 4h, I'm more than a little biased, but I still have to agree with you 1000%
Exhibiting animals at the fairs is a fantastic experience for them. We do many fairs, and the kids have to stay with their cows the whole time, answering questions from the general public.
That in itself goes a LONG way in making them well rounded kids, able to hold an intelligent conversation with adults.
But you're also right that, overall, there's a general sense of humbleness and "niceness" inherently in the kids that's hard to find elsewhere.
I hear it CONSTANTLY from parents walking through the barns. From the quick snips at their own kids "see how nice all these kids are being" to full out praise from somebody who just spent 30 minutes talking to one of my kids about cows or goats.
I credit a lot of it to the 4h program itself.
To any parents out there with young kids, I can't recommend it highly enough. Going to the fairs is a lot of work, and you never really appreciate it while you're doing it, but as the years go on you realize what a positive influence it has on your kids.
I of course live in a heavily populated area, so the fairs are more of an oasis away from "modern civilization" than it may be for some of you who are lucky enough to live a little further removed from it already.
But the bottom line is, by constantly seeing the two different ways of life side by side, I don't think there's any question that living closer to the land is the right way to live. No better way to raise a child.
Again - most of you people in the middle of the country already know this. It's those of us on the coasts who seem to have lost sight of it.
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