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How Can Teens Contribute?, by Hannah from Tennessee
Describing how teenagers can contribute to and have the right attitude for family prepping. (Written by a teenager for teenagers.)
As a teenage prepper my top priority is making sure my family and I will survive a natural or man-made disaster, and prepping is how I do that. Prepping is a family affair around my house, each of us have our items or category (medical, food, garden, hunting, etc) that we are responsible for prepping and stocking up and we carry-out that responsibility to the fullest. If one of us doesn’t do our job, in an TEOTWAWKI situation, it could cost us our lives. So in this article I am going to tell you what this teenager does and give some advice of what my fellow teenagers can do to contribute to your or your family’s prepping.
Note: An important phrase I will use often throughout this article is “two is one and one is none”. That phrase means that whatever you have, it is best to have two, rather than one, of that item. If you run out of or break one thing, whether it be a fire starter, a baby bottle, a shovel, or a gun, you will have a back up, if you have two. If you only have one of that item and that one item breaks, then it could mean your or your family’s safety. So, remember: two is one and one is none.
Though humans can go for weeks without food and still survive, I don’t want to think that my family and I might go hungry, so I’ll start with how my family and I prep food.
A garden is the best and cheapest thing to have to preserve your own food and though it may be a little more work, it’s worth it. My mom loves to can. She would be canning all day everyday if she had the time and food. It’s a lot of work for just one person, so that’s where I come in. When many people think of themselves canning some may say, “Oh, I could never do something that difficult!” or “Oh, isn’t that dangerous?”. Everyone knows someone that has had some sort of traumatic experience with a pressure canner. Believe me, we’ve heard the stories. Actually it isn’t all that difficult, just time consuming. And it isn’t all that dangerous if you follow instructions or get someone that is experienced in canning to “show you the ropes”. Canning is almost as simple as making a stew. Chop your vegetables (or meat, whatever you are canning) and put them in a jar, fill the jar with water, add a little salt, put them in the canner and “cook” them. Now, don’t go in there and do exactly what I just said, there are a few more steps than just that, but that’s how you do it in a nut shell. Vegetables and meat aren’t the only things we can; you can put up meat, fruit, jams and jellies, pasta sauces, soups and chili, and so much more.
Source: http://www.survivalblog.com/2013/12/how-can-teens-contribute-by-hannah-from-tennessee.html
