What about your kids?
I believe there is a fine line when it comes to my kids getting prepared. When I was a little kid, my best friend went to get a ball underneath the bed and BANG, a gun goes off and he died. I never knew a whole lot about guns back then. Actually I was probably afraid of them (age 7) after that event. This brings me to the reason my kids know so much about guns. They know how to shoot, not to muzzle anyone, and to run if they see anyone else with a gun (including friends). It's better to be fully aware and smart, than not knowing anything and being curious. That's what got my friend killed. So I try my best to make sure that never happens to them. At the same time they don't even realize that they are getting prepared.
Another example is we try to go hiking in the Idaho mountains at least once a week. Not only are they staying in great shape, but they are having the time of there life. Again, they don't know they are getting prepared. They see all the supplies and say "wow we can go camping for years!" They also understand that billions of kids live in 3rd world countries, and never get to eat what we eat. So they remind me every week to make sure we stock up and rotate our food.
The reason I say it's a fine line is because you can start preparing your kids at a young age, without taking away from them being a kid. This is a bad example I'm about to give but here goes. If you only seen ugly women your whole life, and there's no T.V. or computers it wouldn't matter to you right? Well if you start your kids out young and teach them why you need to prepare, they won't know anything different.
A long time ago it was bad to borrow. If you didn't have the cash, you didn't buy it. In the early 1900's 95% of people had gardens or farms. Now days 95% of people look at you crazy for having a big garden. We should get back to the things that matter in life.
Here's one way to look at it that a friend told to me. "If you hand feed a dog everyday, then throw him in the woods, what will happen?" The dog will die. "If you buy your food from the local grocery store everyday, and all of a sudden there's no more grocery store, what will happen?" You will die.
I'm a little tired, so I hope this makes sense.
Another example is we try to go hiking in the Idaho mountains at least once a week. Not only are they staying in great shape, but they are having the time of there life. Again, they don't know they are getting prepared. They see all the supplies and say "wow we can go camping for years!" They also understand that billions of kids live in 3rd world countries, and never get to eat what we eat. So they remind me every week to make sure we stock up and rotate our food.
The reason I say it's a fine line is because you can start preparing your kids at a young age, without taking away from them being a kid. This is a bad example I'm about to give but here goes. If you only seen ugly women your whole life, and there's no T.V. or computers it wouldn't matter to you right? Well if you start your kids out young and teach them why you need to prepare, they won't know anything different.
A long time ago it was bad to borrow. If you didn't have the cash, you didn't buy it. In the early 1900's 95% of people had gardens or farms. Now days 95% of people look at you crazy for having a big garden. We should get back to the things that matter in life.
Here's one way to look at it that a friend told to me. "If you hand feed a dog everyday, then throw him in the woods, what will happen?" The dog will die. "If you buy your food from the local grocery store everyday, and all of a sudden there's no more grocery store, what will happen?" You will die.
I'm a little tired, so I hope this makes sense.
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Protecting the sheep, while hunting the wolf.
Protecting the sheep, while hunting the wolf.
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