Children Prepared?
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Pingu, when your 11 year old laughs at a powercut, YOU have got the job sorted!
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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BelfastGranny
Re: Children Prepared?
I have a little niece who is a born Prepper - she has a Dummy stashed in about six places even in my house. She is very security conscious and secretive about her stash 
I don't know how we'll ever get them all off her!
But seriously I think it a bad idea to have children worry about many things until they need to. Anyone who talks to a child about TEOTWAWKI needs a visit from Social Services.
We need to talk to little kids about power cuts and storms and let them learn stuff in fun ways like camping not scare the wits out of them or publicly embarrass them in front of their friends.
As for teenagers it is their job to be embarrassed by and to in turn embarrass their parents. If they don't like it tough, but they would be the first to moan when the bathroom ran out of conditioner,hair gel or toothpaste.
I am just thinking about starting to do some serious prepping. But I am still expecting my teens & twenties to claim "there is nothing to eat in the house" unless there is crisps, yogurt pizzas and coke.
The use of the word "Prepper" is now a stigmatisation and one that I would want to avoid especially given the Nat Geo series and the recent tragic news in America.
I don't know how we'll ever get them all off her! But seriously I think it a bad idea to have children worry about many things until they need to. Anyone who talks to a child about TEOTWAWKI needs a visit from Social Services.
We need to talk to little kids about power cuts and storms and let them learn stuff in fun ways like camping not scare the wits out of them or publicly embarrass them in front of their friends.
As for teenagers it is their job to be embarrassed by and to in turn embarrass their parents. If they don't like it tough, but they would be the first to moan when the bathroom ran out of conditioner,hair gel or toothpaste.
I am just thinking about starting to do some serious prepping. But I am still expecting my teens & twenties to claim "there is nothing to eat in the house" unless there is crisps, yogurt pizzas and coke.
The use of the word "Prepper" is now a stigmatisation and one that I would want to avoid especially given the Nat Geo series and the recent tragic news in America.
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Puffpuffmew
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Well, I have a 2 and a half yr old boy and I think my main concern is that he grows up to be far less useless than me or his father lol. But I guess we can learn some new skills togther :S. Luckily my dad is a useful man - he can fix most things, build most things, loves camping and outdoorsy life so hopefully he can spend a lot of time with his grampa and also grow up to be a useful man lol. I think I just want to make sure he can learn to be consciensious, have some useful practical skills and enjoy himself while he's doing it.
Re: Children Prepared?
BelfastGranny wrote: But seriously I think it a bad idea to have children worry about many things until they need to. Anyone who talks to a child about TEOTWAWKI needs a visit from Social Services.
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I agree with this. I would hate to think my kids were walking around worrying about war, emp, MY loss of earnings etc. The way I prep my children is to focus on practical things and bushcraft. I think if you involve them because its a fun thing to do e.g. Wild camping, gardening, fixing a leaking tap etc, it will get them knowledge without the stress of thinking we must be ready for shtf. As soon as they move out of home that's the time to expand on the idea of keeping longer term food as a precaution against distribution problems etc.
Having said the above it does make me feel better knowing that my youngest daughter can light a fire with a fire steel, forage and build a proper shelter etc. They are old enough to travel abroad with school now so it helps me sleep better knowing they have that knowledge.
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NorthernWoody
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Re: Children Prepared?
My youngest 2 are 3 and 4 years old and at the moment are pretty clueless about what I do and why I do it and I want it to stay that way for as long as possible. I have no desire to worry them about stuff that could or could not happen, I want them to be children for as long as possible.
However, what we do with them - I feel- is all about preparing for and living in the real world. learning how to fend for yourself is key whether its money management, cooking, gardening or whatever. They cook with me, help daddy 'fix things', we sew, they get involved with keeping the veg garden and caring for the livestock, they make dens, hideaways, we camp outside and they love everything. In my mind the skills we are passing down are essential and whilst their peers will probably struggle later down the line - my two will at least have a good head start.
My little girl was searching the cupboard for a particular ingredient for some baking. On finding we had run out, she said to her little brother 'don't worry, there will be some in mummy's store' and off she trotted to get it!
However, what we do with them - I feel- is all about preparing for and living in the real world. learning how to fend for yourself is key whether its money management, cooking, gardening or whatever. They cook with me, help daddy 'fix things', we sew, they get involved with keeping the veg garden and caring for the livestock, they make dens, hideaways, we camp outside and they love everything. In my mind the skills we are passing down are essential and whilst their peers will probably struggle later down the line - my two will at least have a good head start.
My little girl was searching the cupboard for a particular ingredient for some baking. On finding we had run out, she said to her little brother 'don't worry, there will be some in mummy's store' and off she trotted to get it!
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bhakta
Re: Children Prepared?
No need to traumatise the kids with all you own anxieties. They have enough of their own to work through. As they reach their teens the popular teen fiction e.g Hunger Games genre introduces them to various SHTF scenarios. You can bring them up doing fun things , camping , den building, fire making, whittling, food for free, wilderness trips, bows, air rifles without any of the angst. Then when they start to understand the big picture in their teens they will feel more confident in their abilities to cope with lifes ups and downs.