along with all of the rest of the adults farm is 100% safe, hopefully with some
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working on the project, recalled childhood help from the Marshfield Clinic, and my
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memories of activities on the farm that new books, there will be a little more
would not live up to the recommendations. safety (and a lot less silo dangling) on
Hopefully we’ll all learn from these new Ohio’s farms.
Matt
books and work to keep our children safer For information about my new books
Reese
on the farm. coming out this fall, visit
There is nothing better than growing up
mattreesebooks.blogspot.com.
assistant
on a farm due to the opportunities to play
This accident-prone cat shows the perils of unsafe
editor
and learn. And, while there will never be activities on farms in my new books highlighting farm
a way to ensure that life for children on a
safety recommendations.
While growing up, my brothers and I
were often less than safe around the farm.
Like most farm kids, we would climb up
tall trees on branches of questionable
integrity, try to kill rats and mice in the
barn with rocks, dangle from silo ladders
and hay mows, balance on fences, wrestle
on round bales, and play with a general
disregard to safety and common sense.
With activities like show-stick possum
skewering, backyard boxing and “King of
the Round Bale,” we were fortunate that
none of us suffered severe injuries.
September 20-26 is National Farm
Safety and Health Week, which is especial-
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mated 22,648 injuries to youth under the
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In addition, the Marshfield Clinic has put
• Aggressive tillering
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together a Safe Play Booklet to advise
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parents on how to create safe play areas
on farms.
I was fortunate enough to be included
in a project funded by the National
Children’s Center for Rural and
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• Excellent winter hardiness
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cropping
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and illustrate two children’s books that
show the need for safety on southern
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