housemouse
Membership Revoked
I am exhausted, really, and it probably is because I am a ":::seasoned citzen:::".
I can only save food, tools, try to buy farmable land, etc... I know these will be needed for survival, but me and the DH are too old to make it all workable. We need to convince our "grown and flowns" that they need certain skills to survive, and we are failing at that task. We did too good a job at getting them prepped for modern living, and now we kind of regret it.
It matters, because while we are "seasoned" enough to know that the present is not going to hold, we have no idea how to communicate this basic fact of life to those who have grown up in the midst of plenty, and have no true sense of history? They think that all they have to do is work hard and head for the mall or the supermarket when they need something, and it will automatically be there...
I am not criticizing them, for I like "bagged pre-washed" lettuce in mid-winter too! But I know it is a luxury, not a birth-right!
So how do we convince the "young adults" we love that the present party isn't going to continue forever? Please help me to formulate good and sensible statements to convince our young adults to hedge their bets, and think about what they would do "if"...
I really think this is important. We need to be able to pass the wisdom on, if we want to make sure they are able to pick up the torch and survive.
I can only save food, tools, try to buy farmable land, etc... I know these will be needed for survival, but me and the DH are too old to make it all workable. We need to convince our "grown and flowns" that they need certain skills to survive, and we are failing at that task. We did too good a job at getting them prepped for modern living, and now we kind of regret it.
It matters, because while we are "seasoned" enough to know that the present is not going to hold, we have no idea how to communicate this basic fact of life to those who have grown up in the midst of plenty, and have no true sense of history? They think that all they have to do is work hard and head for the mall or the supermarket when they need something, and it will automatically be there...
I am not criticizing them, for I like "bagged pre-washed" lettuce in mid-winter too! But I know it is a luxury, not a birth-right!
So how do we convince the "young adults" we love that the present party isn't going to continue forever? Please help me to formulate good and sensible statements to convince our young adults to hedge their bets, and think about what they would do "if"...
I really think this is important. We need to be able to pass the wisdom on, if we want to make sure they are able to pick up the torch and survive.