Well, not all of them. Not the adult ones. Not divorce for example. You don't have to teach on a farm to find real problems for children and adults to solve together. But you do need problems that are age appropriate and real parts of daily life.
Children like to be taken seriously by adults.
It helps them take themselves seriously. And the world around them. By the way we've decided to raise the calf. She's been named Covey. The children thought that the milk could help feed the pigs.