I was push mowing a acre of lawn at 10,
Loading wagons and Feeding Cows at 11
At 12 on the St Lawerence River , my Grandpa let me take the wheel of his 18ft Lyman with a 75 Johnson electric choke!
Hot days raking Hay driving a Case Farm Tractor at 13.
Pulling tandem grain wagons down the road at 14 and my first Honda Trail 90 motorcycle.
A full driver license in Grand Ledge Michigan at 15.
And as a lucky draft number 10, I was holding a weapon at 18-
Guess I grew up to fast. Would not trade any of it for the world!
Did not know while working a Farm my Mom Dad and GrandParents were child abusers. Was I in harms way , YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT! God Bless then for making me a man!
AlanJackson- " When Daddie let me Drive "
Gracie your right un supervised children that can't reach the wheel are to young on the cart paths. At least my grandfather could point me into a empty field or off road dirt farm road. Different days
same danger but less lawyers.