There are thousands of thousands of books in your nearest bookstore. \u00a0But, there is one book that is actually still missing among the shelves. \u00a0It\u2019s not in the parenting aisles. \u00a0It\u2019s not in the humor section either. \u00a0I\u2019m looking for a how-to book on raising children on a farm or ranch. \u00a0You can easily locate multiple books on raising any kind of animal or crop on your place. \u00a0But, not children. \u00a0I am in need of some advice quick, as my children are growing like the weeds in our overgrazed pasture. \u00a0One day, my husband and I were reflecting on the lives of our children over the past couple of months. \u00a0In that short period of time, our children had witnessed the labor and delivery of a calf, milked goats, and assisted my husband in castrating a buck, in docking the tails of sheep, and in butchering twenty-five meat chickens. \u00a0I don\u2019t think that\u2019s normal. \u00a0But, anyone who raises a family on a farm or ranch, I think, wouldn\u2019t want to do it any other way. \u00a0So, where are all the books? \u00a0Maybe they’re not written because chores need to get done, leaving little time for a farmer to write. \u00a0And the farm does a pretty good job at teaching children life lessons on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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