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How to Decide if Homeschooling is Right for You, Part 3 of a series Posted:May 29, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

How to Decide if Homeschooling is Right for You, Part 3 of a series

Surely by now you know at least one family who homeschools. Perhaps you’ve wondered if this choice might be a good fit for you and your family. As a homeschooler for the past seven years and [...]

Skills to pass along and help others, Part 3 Posted:May 27, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Skills to pass along and help others, Part 3

This is Part 3 in a series about learning new practical skills and knowledge.  The more you learn and the more you can do, allows you and your family to become more and more self-reliant. 4.  [...]

How to Communicate When the Phones are Down Posted:May 26, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

How to Communicate When the Phones are Down

All it takes is one really good-sized crisis and suddenly individuals are left without the means to call home and say, “I’m okay.” Whether it’s a weather disaster, riots, a terrorist attack or a governmental crack-down, [...]

2 More Compelling Reasons to Boost your Skills/Knowledge Repertoire, Part 2 Posted:May 25, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

2 More Compelling Reasons to Boost your Skills/Knowledge Repertoire, Part 2

This is the second part of a four-part series that, I hope, will inspire and fill you with ideas for learning new skills that will help your family thrive in an uncertain world. 3. Money is [...]

Worst case scenario medical care Posted:May 24, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Worst case scenario medical care

Reader Maureen F. emailed to me an excellent list of observations made by a medical doctor, Michael Karch, M.D., who treated victims of the 9/11 attack in New York City.  He wrote a lengthy article that [...]

Survival Survey: What is your #1 stock-up item? Posted:May 24, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: What is your #1 stock-up item?

If you knew that world as we know it ends in thirty days, what item would you stock up on so that you would never run out?  Assume that you have both the space and capability [...]

8 Compelling Reasons to Learn Survival Skills, Part 1 Posted:May 23, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

8 Compelling Reasons to Learn Survival Skills, Part 1

I have long preached of the importance of learning skills and gaining knowledge in a wide variety of areas in order to be more survival savvy and ready for whatever the future brings.  Today begins a [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: An ever-ready photo I.D. Posted:May 23, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: An ever-ready photo I.D.

Recent reports of the horrific tornado season made me think of a common piece of advice, “Have some form of I.D. on yourself and your kids.”  Well, in the midst of chaos, I’ll be lucky to [...]

Why I do this Posted:May 22, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Why I do this

Guest post by Liz Long I can’t control whether or when the government decides to pass laws that do things like make light bulbs cost $50, interfere with my Second Amendment rights (we visit DC, which [...]

Give me your poor, your tired, exhausted moms…Have I got a book for you! Posted:May 21, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Give me your poor, your tired, exhausted moms…Have I got a book for you!

My life is so complicated sometimes.  Is yours?  There’s (always) laundry to do, and a steady stream of various messes in need of a cleaning.  Cats and dogs that need to be fed and cuddled, cars [...]