Kids Prep Minute: Stock Kid Stuff
If you’re living with kids, you know they have special needs. Those needs should extend to your preparedness efforts. When you’re prepping, keep the children in mind and stock stuff to take care of...
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Travel Tips for Surviving the Family Road Trip
We’ve got a road trip planned next week. We’re cheap/frugal/poor, so we don’t usually fly anywhere, we just go places within driving distance. We do road trips more often than anything. We also...
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Family Survival Training with Airsoft
Today we have a special guest post from John Durfee. I’m not experienced with airsoft much and he’s got some real good ideas here. Thanks, John. Enjoy :) Family Survival Training You’ve been...
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A Trip to the Range with the Kids
Sweet husband needed to sight in his muzzleloader for the hunt, so we took a trip to the range this weekend. Packed all the kids and the gear and the guns in the car and headed to an actual range....
View Article7 Special Survival and Preparedness Situations
There are a number of situations for which you may need to alter the “standard” preparedness information you read or learn. Not every piece of survival advice applies to every family or each...
View ArticleEmergency School Backpack Survival Kit Thoughts
Suppose something catastrophic happened while your kids were at school. They are there a good part of the day, right? Unless you home school which would solve this little dilemma for you. But the...
View ArticleThe Technology Trap – The Logic of Un-Automating Your Kids
Guest post by Renee BedfordNote from Angela: Renee contacted me a while back and, noting our similar desire to have our kids out doing instead of plugged in to some form of electronics, she offered to...
View ArticleWant a Fun Family Night? Stage a Mock Evacuation
Monday nights at our house are typically our Family Night (in our church it’s called Family Home Evening). We play games and spend time together and have a spiritual lesson and treats. Always...
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The Kid’s Emergency Boredom Buster Can
Kid's emergency boredom buster can Here’s a fun idea for the non-foods section of your food storage. Suppose your emergency lasts longer than you expected. You’re stuck in your house without...
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Top 10 Things I Learned While Earning My Karate Yellow Belt
I recently started taking a Tang Soo Do Karate class with my girls ages 8 and 11. Just last week we each earned the first rank–the fabulous yellow belt! (Yellow just happens to be one daughter’s...
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18 Power’s Out Sanity Saving Activities For Children (And Their Parents)
You are in the middle of eating dinner during a storm and suddenly the lights flicker and turn off. The power is out. You don’t know how long it will last, but you have kids that are starting to get...
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Great Preparedness Gifts for Kids From Toddler to Teen
With the holidays fast approaching, some of you may be wondering what gifts you can give the children in your life that will help them be better prepared. I’ve thought the same thing every Christmas...
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Children’s Clothing Exchange
Last week a lady at one of our local churches organized a children’s clothing exchange. What a fantastic idea! As budgets get tighter, organizing events like this is one way we can help each other...
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Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 15: Prepping With Children and Infants
Episode 15: Prepping with Children and Infants Listen here! What about prepping with kids in the family? In this episode, we’re discussing some things you’ll want to stock when your preparations...
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Shoes for Survival–Nine Tips for Keeping Shoes on Your Feet No Matter What
What’s on your feet? All through history, there have been civilizations that have run around their whole lives bare footed. I’m not one of them. I like shoes. Especially in an emergency, shoes...
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Jake and Miller’s Big Adventure: A Prepper Book for Kids Review
There are lots of preparedness books for adults, but what about the next generation? Is there a book to help our children learn about preparedness? I recently received a copy of Jake and Miller’s Big...
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The Tuttle Twins Learn About the Law: Book Review
What is the proper role of government? What makes a good law? Why should I even care? Isn’t “politics” some kind of dirty word anyway? Oh dear. Now I did it. I said “politics”. Wait! Don’t...
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Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 51: Interview with Connor Boyack of...
Episode 51: Interview with Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute of Utah Listen here! Should prepping and politics go together? Find out how one prepper, Connor Boyack, works to advance the cause...
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Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 55: Hunter Education
Episode 55: Hunter Education Listen here! Have you taken a Hunter Education course? In this episode I share my experience going with my children, what we learned, and why you might want to enroll...
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Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 78: Preparedness Gifts for Kids
Episode 78: Preparedness Gifts for Kids Listen here! Ditch the toys this holiday season and get the kids gifts to help foster preparedness! In today’s episode I share 15+ of my favorite gifts for...
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