The National Farm Medicine Center says the social media posts with pictures of kids on the farm might be sending a dangerous message. Scott Heiberger says, “If a child is allowed to kind of run free in a worksite, it sort of desensitizes that child to the dangers and hazards around them.”
Heiberger tells Brownfield there has been an alarming number of photos and images online showing young children climbing on or even operating farm equipment, which can make it seem okay for children to play in dangerous areas.
