4% Children Farming

There is a lovely prophecy about the meadows and I loved to walk in the meadows when I was a child. It was so peaceful wandering and talking to the cows and the sheep.

'They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain'. Job 29:23

'He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows' Isaiah 30:23

We lived in London town, although we spent at least 40% of the time in the countryside, away from city life.

My parents liked to spend time in the countryside and they liked their children to have the best of both worlds. The naturalness of living in nature, so peaceful living in the fields.

Interesting that only 4% of children consider becoming a farmer and its clear that school and parents usually have impact on what career a child chooses. Although some children are very strong willed and they know from a quite a young age what they would like to do when they start work. If a parent is in tune with their children they can access their natural talents by the age 7.

At seven my son was creative, and interested in how things worked. He was interested in the mechanics of things and he would take electrical equipment apart to see how it worked and what was inside it. When he was older he liked graphics and design and a career choice for him could've been industrial design if he had completed his education that he chose not to do.

His age group tend to be absorbed in 'video games' and many of his friends were starting work at 16 so he did too. In and out of work in retail and leisure, lots of work experience with the general public, until he decided to go back into education to get his qualifications.

He loved animals and when he was at school he spoke about becoming a vet, then when he found out the amount of years of study and qualifications involved he decided not to to go with that. He never really liked academia when he was young, and I was convinced that he was learning more working with his mum than he was at school. Hence he started to come up with business ideas with one of his friends prior to secondary school.

After he decided not to become a vet while at secondary school I then suggested that he become a healer and do complimentary medicine with animals. As there are so many different healing therapies for animals. If he truly wished to have a career with animals then becoming a veterinary surgeon is not the only choice.

He did his Reiki 1 on a 65 acre farm with another teenager but didn't pursue it further. He also had the opportunity to train in Shiatsu for Horses and Dogs. He did consider eco-building but no training courses were available at college.

'Let my teaching fall like rain and words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants' Deuteronomy 32:2 That reminds us of the Reiki meditations that were delivered on my training courses and my son did attend some of his Reiki II with his mum.

What inspired him the most was when a colleague gave him a copy of her book on the cutting edge science. So when he returned to education Science was one of his subjects chosen. English, Science and Maths. Sometimes its other people that can inspire your children as sometimes your children are more open to listening to someone else. Especially if it is an author in a subject that they respect and they are impressed by the person that they meet. I always supported having different role models for children to inspire them, and living in community is beneficial for children.

So I am thankful for that intervention. Maybe if the cutting edge science was presented in schools, more children would be excited by it. Sometimes it takes some children a long time for them to decide what they would like to do for a career - when a career isn't their motivation until they're older.

In hindsight, his years of experience working with people of all ages in the frontline, is an asset in whatever employment he is engaged in.

Maybe if schools also had a farm they would be excited about farming because most children love animals. All children should know how to grow their own food and how to cook it, all children should know how to survive due to the changing conditions of the environment.

We did cook together when he was a child and he enjoyed cooking, becoming a chef was another career that we discussed. I knew that whatever he did for a living, his creativity would have to be allowed to come through.

He did cook in some of his jobs and when he cooks at home, he comes up with some interesting dishes. One evening he was so happy as he bounced into to talk to me, and he said, mum I am inspired. I said, yes, what has inspired you? He replied, 'We've got cranberries, I'm going to make cranberry pancakes'.

BRITONS YOUNG FARMERS 

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