Well he might have been mad at me but here are a few things to think about.
1) The walk home is only about 1500 feet.
2) He had the chores to still do there.
3) I am not pushing for my sons to farm. IF they want to that is great but it would not be the end of the world if they do something else.
4) I don't need them on the farm. They want ME to help them farm. That is a big difference. MY farm is paid for. If they go do something else then I just cut back on the number of cattle and rent maybe the next door farm for the pasture and hay. I do not NEED them to live the life I have made for myself. It is their turn now to make their lives into what they want.
5) The real important thing is this. The walk may have embarrassed him but I can guarantee that me knocking him on his butt would have embarrassed him more. I was that MAD. I have not been that PO in years. It was much better for him to get out of my sight than to stay there right then. Good parenting??? NO but I am human and can only take so much STUPID in a day.
I have had kids now for 45 years. I am still working out all the kinks. I am far from perfect and never will be.
Something must have worked because he had the chores done at 6 AM this morning and a list of what he had found that needed to be done around the farm. We did a quick walk around and he did a GOOD job looking things over. That is want really gets me. HE knew what he should have been doing but until I pointed out he needed to think about the cold/weather it did not compute. What happens down the road when I am not here anymore??? That is my worry. That is why we are trying to do this now.
He does not usually need the chores done that early but I always tried to do them earlier when ever we have bad weather. IT was -5 this morning. Plus anything that is wrong needs to be fixed today as there will be fewer options in the next few days because of Christmas.
The funny thing is that my Oldest son was just about as mad as me over the whole deal. The younger two told me this morning that he really chewed their butts too. LOL He is 45 So I guess the other two will get it with time.
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