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  1. One of the best pieces I’ve read here in years. This is absolutely key to whether or not our children can survive in this violent world. It pains me to think of how most children in society are sheltered and “mentally disarmed”. Which imo creates victims for the predators they’ll face in their lifetime. Please keep writing!

    1. JG-good stuff. I definitely thought we had sheltered our daughter too much as time went by but she still picked up on what we were doing anyway. She related a story to me recently in which she had been incredibly observant of her surroundings-which is pretty unusual for a Millenial. When I commented to that effect she said, “really, you remember I’m a cop’s daughter right?!”

  2. Great post. I too helped to give our son the knowledge of situational awareness and to this day he is blessed by using the information throughout his daily life. Passing along the values of situational awareness is one of the best parts of educating your children you can provide.

  3. Now this article is some very sound advice. Well worth the reading! Sadly, I see the negative side of this in my own grandkids. Heads stuck in electronics and oblivious to the world around them. I have a rule, come to grandpa’s house you will leave the electronics at home. No exceptions. I fear for their future. Keep up the writing J.G., you have a boatload of common sense.

  4. Very informative. Wish I had seen that when our kids were little. But we did raise them right.
    Church every Sunday. They went astray but now they’re back…the way we trained them. They’re both successful.

  5. Interesting.
    I try to raise my children to be kind, walk in the light of Jesus and yet be strong, self confident and self dependant.
    But is not easy….
    God bless all parents and families.

  6. good article for a perfect, dysfunctional, world. If you do it right w/ your kids, great. I did 6yr as paramedic (LAFD)& 17yr LEO (SF Calif.)
    Your hyper-vigilance can back-fire as an early form of PTSD w/your kids. Been there, almost done that. Use common sense approach, and stress self-reliance rather than SHTF 24/7/365 mindset.
    My kids are good w/that as they’ve grown up w/that concept. I’ve slowly converted my adult step-kids & neighbors toward that concept. Long -retired now, I’m very careful how I pass on my skills to my grandkids (and their parents). In a very materialistic 21st century it’s a tough job. My wife & I pass on our faith & values, teach by example.

  7. I do not recognize the world you say you raised your children in.our 4 were raised in a family environment where we taught them that the world was a precious gift from God, given to us to cherish, to make better, and to hold it safely. We taught them that there are many evil people in the same world we are in, and we were to stand clear of them, and to protect others from them. I took my 3 sons to work with me in rental property ownership and hands on management & maintenance. They earned to work industiously at the very best level they could. My daughter is a clone of her fabulous mom and her terrific husband is a great husband and dad, as are our 3 other sons. we cleaned up run down properties for 20+ years.We improved the world of our tenants. MY kids saw the lessor life all around them. But I believe the proof of the pudding is in the eating. My older son has his name on the patent for the 2 stents in my heart. His younger brother went another way. His name is on the patent for the baby “pampers” plus the “always” P & G feminine care products. My youngest son retired at 42 to buy a small farm in southern Indiana to raise goats for the meat market. And there is not a wimp in the bunch, or a shyster, or an unkind person. I’m not bragging on my efforts. We gave them the best foundation we could. , they did these things after they were on their on.
    We are so very sorry about your children not having been in or even known of that other world. It was, and still is, a world here love and generosity can rule our lies through kindness and brotherly concern.And now my kids kids have an excellent example as to how to live a good life.And 2 of our 4 are now grandparents. Its still getting better.
    old bobbert

  9. Thank you all for your comments, I appreciate every one. This is my first time to submit an article to Survivalblog, although I have read it for years now. God bless you and stay safe in these interesting times we live in.

  10. My father was a vet of Pacific island fighting in WWII He has the pictures to prove it of bodies every where My great grandfather was a gun fighter just to stay alive in Oklahoma and taught his five sons to shoot and this was passed on to each generation. My father was in criminal investigations and made alot of enemies so we were raised as expert shots when young and always aware of what was around us at all times They did try to get him at times but never did. It is a dangerous world

  11. Very efficiently written information. It will be useful to everyone who employess it, including myself. Keep doing what you are doing – can’r wait to read more posts.

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