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Last minute tips for parents when the SHTF
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[quote:Don'tBeAfraid:MV8xNTg3OTA4XzM1NDcyMzI5X0YxNDA2QjNC] I am going to give you a hand: Pay it forward When the collapse comes, and it will come, maybe as a temporary one that affects one family, or as a limited one as a disaster, or even a full blown one that brings chaos, then people will need help. As a shaman-in-training, your role is vital. Locked up in your head is a limited pool of ancestral knowledge. The information will save lives. It won't just magically leap into their brains nor will they just figure it out themselves. If you rely upon that strategy a lot of people will die, get very sick, be severely weakened, or at the very least be resentful. In tribal societies, the descendants of the survivors harbored grudges for generations. Ever asked directions somewhere? They rattle off a quick list of the way back. Often they're not including details to get you back, just half-hearted instructions. The person getting the instructions looks dazed and doesn't write down the instructions and doesn't even have a local map. It's lunacy. What's the right thing to do? If you can, offer to get in your car, drive them most of the way, show them how to get to the main road, and extricate themselves. That's right, as shaman-in-training, you have a responsibility because you were chosen. A spiritual person might even say that the Source called your name. Your name, not that other guy who's stronger, has more money, is usually the leader...YOU. Today, the Source chose you. Whatever you believe, even if you think that there is no afterlife, no karma, no Source, then the right thing to do is to give someone a hand. Why? In a tribal society all people have some skill that becomes essential to the whole. If people don't give a hand without being asked or pleaded with, then group dynamics will suffer terribly and people will be very resistant to offering hospitality and aid. At some point, you're going to need help getting the harvest, canning all of the crop or dehydrating it, putting out a fire, dealing with a sick animal among your livestock, caring for a loved one, digging a well, winching out a vehicle, etc. Even if none of that happens, your children may end up liking their children and even having relationships and marriage. Today, that doesn't happen much, but it used to be the norm in tribal societies. What comes around....goes around. It's entirely true that you can't help everyone. No one is asking you to. Can you break out of your old paradigms and decide that even if you don't like your neighbors, they actually are your neighbors? Someone must make the first move. The next time you know that they are struggling, without being asked, go over and help. “Howdy. We don't know each other. I saw you working, and it looks like you need a hand. I can't stay long, but I have done this before. Would you like a hand for awhile?” Friendships and romance begin with these simple sincere words. People are total strangers now. Someone moves in. They don't know a soul. Since most people are powerfully lonely, including you, why don't you bake a loaf of fresh bread which everyone enjoys, knock on their door, welcome them to the neighborhood, be cheerful, offer them the bread, leave your contact information, and then be gone? Five or ten minutes of initial contact. They may be busy and nervous and skittish to strangers. But your actions may start a cascade that begins a friendship. A real genuine friendship, the rare kind, the one that's worth more than gold. It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers. Persian proverb [/quote]
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Kids are used to incorrectly using a backpack since kids at school wear them in the wrong fashion, which adds too much stress to their lower back. You'll have to reteach them how to buckle it properly and position it higher than they used to wearing it.
Try to make gathering wood into a game. Teach them as much about nature as possible. Being quiet is as important as talking.
Kids love open fires. Tell stories. It can simply be times when they did wonderful things when they were younger. They love hearing how much you love and adore them. Even teens.
Hug and kiss them often. Be generous with your affection. Lavish it on them
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