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The Necessity of Developing your Own Familial Compact
Many of you have loosely organized into Mutual Assistance Groups (MAG’s). Most consist of like-minded people, friends and family members. However, even like-minded people and family members get into disagreements...
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
With this knowledge a couple of things happen. First, the seriousness of the matter sinks in so children understand that guns are not toys. Secondly, the mystery around guns is removed so kids won’t be as tempted to seek them out in a home that has one. Thirdly, if you acclimate a child in their youth with guns there is less of a likelihood that they will grow up with that irrational fear and hatred that spawns gun control zealots.
I’m Not Going To Be Around Forever…
We have a wealth of knowledge at our fingertips in our parents, grandparents, and other people who have more life experience that we do. Are we taking advantage of the living, breathing How-To guides we have in our lives?
Rudy’s Rules: Why We Prepare
It’s a man’s job to take care of his family, no matter how hard it is. That tenet is one that drives much of what I do today, prepping or otherwise. I need to take care of my wife, and I need to take care of my kids...
4 Tips for Raising Your Kids as Preppers
While you may have understood the importance of learning survival skills and living self-reliantly, your children, especially those who live in a modern world with all its conveniences, may not quite grasp it...
Tales told by Gracie, age 6: The Kids’ Bug Out Bag Interview
Here are Gracie’s little thoughts on the matter of preparing one [bug out bag] for our family...
Prepping For a Big Family Is Impossible!
As many of you know, life isn’t quite so easy when you have a big family. You have to start thinking in thousands of pounds, not hundreds of pounds. Hundreds of gallons instead of tens of gallons...
Re-thinking How I Prepare My Family
The biggest take away is to think about what you’re doing and why. Better yet, imagine as best as you can how any particular supply or piece of gear may be used, when, where, and why...
Bug Out Ready Baby
A brand new life, it’s a bit responsibility. It’s also a bit of a hassle to stay mobile with one of the milk-suckers hanging on you all day. Heaven forbid you have a litter. Can you imagine the Octo-mom trying to bug out? Ha!
Staying safe when out and about with little ones
One of my Facebook readers, Rachel, asked this question, and I wanted to post it for input from all of you, especially if you’re a mom with little ones. Here are a few tips I have for Rachel...
How to help your children be prepared at school
Since your children spend so much time at school, it’s important for them to know what to do in an emergency if they are in class when it occurs. For example, would they know where to meet you? How to contact you? How to avoid danger?
How to successfully talk to your friends and family about “prepping”
Our great love for our friends and family leads us to want to throttle some good sense into them before they too find themselves in a situation for which they are totally unprepared...
The Importance Of Family
I think quite a few of us underestimate the massive impact a good family structure can have, both today and for generations to come...
Keeping Kids Entertained Is Important!
While making sure kids know how to entertain themselves is a great goal, every parent has heard those horrible words “I’m bored!” from time to time...
10 Ways to Harness Boomerang Kids
But a lesser cited trend is the number of once “children” – now adults into middle age – who are moving back into the family homes with their parents or older siblings. This is happening as a result of a combination of factors...
Recruiting Your Family, Friends, or Community To Become Prepared
We often hear people say: “get your family and friends involved in preparedness”, but that is much easier said than done isn’t it?
Getting Started Prepping! – My Spouse has Doubts!
Unfortunately, one of the most common issues new preppers face is a spouse that has a differing opinion on the necessity of prepping or worse yet, has a downright negative attitude about it...
Getting Your Kids Involved By Making It Fun
I also believe it is important to teach my wife and children these skills in the event I am not always with them or they need to help out and understand what and why we are doing things if we are together. I have also found that this can be much more productive for learning and retaining that knowledge if it is fun....
The Prepared Child
If you ask most people why they are prepping, the immediate response is “For my children.” We want to give them a chance at surviving whatever disaster may befall the world as we know it today...
Dealing With Extra Family Members In Emergency Situations
A simple visit with only one child displaced from their room for a week, and lots of fun activity was disruptive. A visit due to an emergency with no real end in sight and the stresses that go along with that emergency would be completely different...
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