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1. You make no mention of your wife’s involvement, level of ability or willingness to become proficient at anything in the scenario…consequently, would she become a liability in a real world situation?

   I am more troubled by the fact that you would let a four-year-old cry for milk because “you were tired.”
   It sounds as though you are trying to teach him to “appreciate things” even though the child is four.

   I see the wave of the future as small, yet defendable enclaves of like-minded people who have each others back…the lone wolf scenario, with a small child and a partner who is not all in…doesn’t seem like it will bode well.

   1. Hi thank you for the response.I really appreciate your comments. i am not a Lone Wolf any longer, I do have a prepper group which I costarted.

   2. Thank you for your response.
      I am the primary Military Member.
      I do have a prepping group, which I co started.
      Thank you again.

      1. I agree with you as for a possible future.

2. I have been reading a book called Keeping a Family Cow, by Joann S. Growman. It has been an excellent resource in knowing how to care for my cows. She talks in there about the fact that throughout history, a cow was a producer of wealth. Today, it isn’t so, because the powers that be in our country have screwed up the economy. But one day it will be again. In the meantime, I keep several cows so I always have raw milk for us to drink. And I can make butter and cheese and whatever else I want from the milk. Milk is a beautiful thing. I love my cows. I have a few meat goats, but I don’t believe that a goat will do what a cow can. The goats eat different weeds, but they don’t produce enough milk to support a family. I have them as a support of the ecosystem, along with the chickens, to fertilize the pasture for the cows.

   1. Thank you for your excellent comment. I will look into your recommendations.

3. It starts with the individual–good for you. You are showing your son, by your actions, the way of the Lord. Your wife is not on board as of yet, but by your actions and love she will see. It’s not easy but your shoulders are broad and with Christ you are strong. Keep on keeping on my brother.

   1. Thank-you you Sister,
      Much appreciated I will pray for you as well. Thanks!

4. If you live on an Army “base,” then I assume it’s your spouse who is in the military (the rest of us who have served call them “posts.”).

   If your spouse ever leaves the military, then you need to worry about the current trends (lower wages, homelessness, drug addiction, suicide etc), or what “Peak Shrink” psychologist Kathy McMahon calls the “the sucky collapse” because after all, we are collapsing as we speak, in a trend that began in the early 1970’s.

   If you’ve read James Howard Kunstler, then you’re probably familiar with his buddies, like John Micheal Greer (my favorite collapse theorist). You may want to read his “The Long Descent: A User’s Guide to the End of the Industrial Age.”

   In other words, nothing of significance may happen for the rest of your lifetime, other than what’s already happened: 9/11, central bank control of the global economy, two losing imperial wars, etc. However your son’s (or grandson’s) life may turn medieval (they may not even notice anything unusual in their lives).

   While I prep for the collapse of industrialized civilization, I also try to keep one foot in the present: Yes, I’m one of those people you read about at Zero Hedge who trades volatility (however, I’ve been doing it for a number of years).

   1. I am the primary Military Member for what it’s worth.
      I really appreciate your comments and recommendations.

5. I think him a fine figure of a man and father, doing the best he can, and raising a good son. So the boy cried a little to get some milk, so what? If he avoids becoming a snowflake thereby, doubly good. My Pa walloped me frequently, and it was a good thing he did. A little crying won’t endanger a person. Who among you thinks steel is only warmed and not tried in a fiery furnace until it becomes something that can be used? I’m a firm believer in that G*d does the same with us, to produce someone of steel for the use which G*d intends. Note he and the boy had quite a few laughs along the way. One of the best ways to teach.

   1. Hi Sean,
      Thank you, I really appreciate your comments. I will reread them for inspiration.
      I hope the boy turns Good and Strong, with A large family that has freedom.

6. Scouts for me in the late 70s and early 1980s was instructive and helpful when I was a soldier. I knew about knots knives and hiking and changing clothes at night before bed. I think Boy Scouts likely has good to offer the earnest youth. A family should teach about groceries meal preparation and what happens if proper meals run out. Someone must be honest with the young. Best that parents teach facts and truth.

   1. Thank you, I will review your recommendations and do my best for the boy.

7. Good article,glad you had a good time with your son(laughter is good for everyone). FYI you can’t drive to Venezuela,the dream of the Pan-American highway stopped in a Very rugged area of Panama that would of cost exorbitant amounts to even make a dirt road through. A few adventure riders on dirt bikes have made it through by having the bikes carried through by local tribes.

8. Thank-you, I am happy you enjoyed the article.
   I had no idea that traveling to South America would be dangerous despite being relatively close.

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