“I started getting my two sons roofing with me at 12”

Re: our discussion about how to get more kids into the trades, here is a post that we just had to re-publish…  Lots of people will criticize the safety issues, but Joseph DOES make clear that safety was always top of mind…

“I’ll probably get hung out to dry on this one, but I started getting my two sons roofing with me at 12 (not steady). I kept them away from the edge and taught them all about the trade. By the time they were 18 they were better roofers than most roofers twice their age, knew the value of hard work and we had quality father-son time. Today, one has a successful roofing company and owns a couple of houses. The other is in construction, does well and has three houses, too. I say, keep the left-wing idealogues in their office cubicles and let the rest of us do what is natural, normal and healthy.”

Joseph