Dealing with emotions is one of the most difficult and sensitive areas in transferring a farm business to one's own children.
Parents have an inescapable and permanent impact on their children.
Parents with adult children can easily overlook some basic emotional issues that can make the difference between success and failure in transferring a successful ongoing business to the next generation. When in doubt, they do it like their parents did, or would have done. Motivation was often the threat of punishment if you didn't perform. Children worked with dad on the farm, but when he spoke to them, it may have been only to correct them or give them a command. If dad touched a child, it was often for disciplinary purposes.