Farm families know how to keep it together. They work hard, play hard and have fun in the process. Unfortunately, it's getting harder and harder to keep kids on the farm because of increased regulatory requirements, input costs and competition from foreign markets. Combined with the attitude many children pick up from their peers in school, it can make it really difficult to get and keep everybody involved in farm operations for this generation and for years to come. Here's my view from the pasture on how to make it work.