Capable Kids

I love bringing dinner to the boys in the fields this time of year, mostly for the ten minutes of talk time we get while they eat.

Last night, Cole caught me up on the weekend, which came and went in a blur! 

On Saturday, a sensor went out in his tractor while a chopper and four trucks were waiting on him. He had to drive eight miles home, unhook the rake and hook it up to another tractor, and then head back––Fast. 

That was a lot of pressure for a sixteen-year-old kid to have, knowing a group of men was waiting on him, and knowing how much “downtime” costs when machinery is involved.

That’s one thing I’ve learned since we began doing this––Kids are capable. 

Kids, at any age, can do more than we often give them credit for, and when we let them try (and yes, sometimes they will fail), they learn how to figure things out for themselves.

When kids get the chance to do all they are capable of while they are young, it sets them up to become adults who can confidently take on the real world.

What are ways you have seen your kids be capable?