Families in Business Together

I am so envious of families that can life in close proximity, work side by side day in and day out, and get along for the most part. I can only image how hard it must be to run a sucessful operation while maintaining a good relationship amongs all members of the family. Considering the major decisions that are made on a farm and the influence it has on not only yourself but the rest of the family as well making these choices usually involves consulting with the other family members. However, there is definitely a lot of positives of a family fun farm. The costs are divided, the labour and pressure divided, and you always have support from your family members. The hardest part I believe is when there is an odd number of family members. for example in a family operation of the dad and two sons, the father and one son "gang" up on the other son when making decisions and blaming one another. It takes a special family to run a family agriculture operation, in fact any family fun business.