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  1. Looking back, Robinson Crusoe was probably the first thing I read at an early age that pulled together for me the innate thoughts people have about surviving. Constructing forts was probably built-in even before that, though.

  2. Another way to prepare your kids is getting involved with disaster relief. Crisis Response International is a Christian agency that allows you to train and deploy with your children. The kids I’ve deployed with are incredible. And nothing inspires you to prepare like seeing a disaster up close and personal. We go into homes to remove flood damage, tarp roofs, listen to their stories, pray with them.

  4. You sound like you are teaching your boys the right way. The old Boy Scout Manuals are A treasure of info. I have several of the old one from 1911 up thru the 1960s. I always wanted to get into Scouting in the lat 40’s but being a country kid they just didn’t want us.My father was a great teacher after being in the combat engineers during WW II. I learned knots, camping skills, hand to hand combat skills, Shooting and hunting. And all the skills to process animals.
    If you go to a used book store pick up any of books by “Wilbur Smith”. I am sure they will be hooked on his books. A must if you live by any rivers or large bodies of water is to teach the Boating skills. Learning how to operate a boat and what to do is a must. My way of teaching was after they could operate the boat was to throw a life preserver over the side and tell them I just fell of the boat. Most people will pull up to you and never check the wind direction. Always approach from the down wind side as approaching from the up wind side you stand a good chance of going over the person who is in the water.
    I learn for the age of 12 how to run my Dads commercial fishing boat. That started my love of of the Sea. I spent three years beginning at the age of 26 running and sailing boats to and from Mexico. Years later I commercial fish in Alaska for Salmon and Halibut when I was off work from Arco and BP in Prudhoe Bay.
    Books of any kind will be will be very important if we have a melt down in society.
    Gods Blessing to you and the family.
    The Gman.

  7. Old Louie L’Amour …..I have read every one of his books and even named my son after one of his characters. Its good that you are teaching these children what they need to learn.

  9. If you’re in Michigan, where? We should get together, and teach the boys about gold panning. There’s gold on the beaches in the UP. If they know how to pan, they know how to make money. Panning is the most important skill you need for mining. Beach sand is the hardest to pan, master that, and all the rest is easy.

  10. Bear Grylls is known for telling people advice that will get them killed. Just spend half a hour looking him up on the internet. He was never a survival instructor before playing one on TV He is famous for no matter what for jumping into water. One of the thing he tells people to do is jump in to rivers going into caves to get to the other side of hills and mountain as the water has to come out so, so will you. I have taps in my home that water comes out of, some how I don’t think I’ll fit.

    1. Certainly not advocating for people to go out and jump off of cliffs into unknown waters, etc. But, watching for entertainment allowed us to dig deeper into survival skills that we were able to go out and learn and test out. Luckily, we have a real-world perspective on the skills that he shows.

      Thanks for the discussion though. Hope you liked the article.

  12. I homeschooled my son from 4th grade on..he’s interested in the outdoors..fishing hunting, and camping..but also building things be it bushcraft or making his own flies.. we used “Backwoodsman” magazine ..Fur Fish Game magazine..we read John Rowlands “Cache Lake Country” which has lots of projects to do.. Other authors were Stewart Edward White and Louis L’amour. Yes, my ancient Boy Scout manual. We camped .. hunted and fished .. built things from nothing.. gardened..had chickens..cooked up squirrel stew. I could go on and on.. and yes, if you have a daughter you can teach her most of the same things..I taught my daughter basic things to do if her car broke down..she can build a fire and is a fantastic shot..she can fish with the best of them, and she’s a great Mom to two boys and she can go fishing and target shooting with them. She even showed them how to build rudimentary bow and arrow from what’s around them… Just do whatever you can imagine a child would enjoy and learn from. Have fun.

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