My dad got us up between 3-4 AM to do chores, and that was when we weren’t in trouble. We also got to load and unload 50# bags of feed and I didn’t weigh 100 pounds soaking wet at the time. Moving hay bales, livestock feed, building fence, you name it and that was regular tasks. My dad was not sexist either, my sister and I got to do all the fun stuff my brothers did. It was called growing up on a ranch and it did me no harm.
Good on ya! I grew up on a farm and although it wasn’t a diary farm, there were the pre-school chores to do. 6 am was regular wake-up time.
What a crock how pansy-behinded our society has become!