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RE: The High Suicide Rate of Farmers in the US

in #psychology7 years ago

Often farms are handed down through generations and the younger generation feel it's their responsibility to take on and run the farm, rather than what they would have chosen as a career/ lifestyle if it were a free choice.

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True. That even applies in other jobs, where it's family run, or even careers where the son is expected to do as the father did, but I think that was stronger in the past. For farming it's definitely stronger than other jobs or in-the-family businesses. Thanks for the feedback.