Surviving the Family Road Trip
Apple pie. The American flag. The family road trip. All long-standing American traditions, and this summer the Paranoid Dad and I decided to maintain the tradition of the road trip. It was our turn...
View ArticleINSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Hold your loved ones close
image by B Tal In times of stress, too often husbands and wives turn on each other. Maybe it’s the, “If I’m miserable, I want everybody to be miserable,” mindset. Whether the stress is caused by...
View ArticleRaising Children in a Chaotic World
Guest post by John A. Heatherly, author of Survival Template. The best way to manage an overwhelming emergency or crisis is to break it up into manageable parts. This method of organized dissection...
View ArticleThe 12 Days of Christmas: Day 3, Light Up Someone’s Holiday
Do you ever get tired of all the beautiful, sparkling lights decorating trees and homes at this time of year? I never do. I love watching the faces of our kids when they spy yet another home all lit...
View ArticleThe 12 Days of Christmas: Day 9, Our Favorite Things
I was never an avid Oprah fan, but every year I looked forward to her holiday episode, “Oprah’s Favorite Things.” If you haven’t seen one of these episodes, they were pretty spectacular. Oprah would...
View Article8 Vital skills to teach your children that will trump an Ivy League education
image by vastastateparkstaff A few weeks ago I was in a particularly depressed mood. That’s not the norm for me, but this time it was completely justified. I was pondering my children’s futures....
View ArticleOne in a million. Would your spouse live the off-grid lifestyle?
Guest post by Dan of Surviving Survivalism. One in a million spouses, that is, would dare live the survivalist/self-sufficient lifestyle. The thought came to me as I watched my wife, Sheila, sweep the...
View Article32 Survival Skills Your Child Should Know and Be Able to Do ASAP!
This list by Becky P. was a finalist in our List Contest. Thanks, Becky, for an excellent entry! image by vastastateparkstaff Knowledge is something that takes time to develop, so we need to start...
View ArticleHome Protection: Fire Safety
Guest post by Thomas Bryant, a licensed Fire Protection professional, who blogs at Cube 2 Farm Image by Ada Be Protecting and defending your home has much more to do with your family than your...
View ArticleFebruary Survival Mom of the Month: MilkweedMama!
The winner of the Survival Mom of the Month (February) is Faith, aka MilkweedMama. Faith has an inspiring story to share as well as some fantastic advice! Faith wins a copy of Survival Mom, a $25...
View ArticleSurvival applications for a new phone app, Groovebook
The cellphone camera is here to stay, and with each new version of my own phone, the camera gets better and better. image by Jason Pratt Now comes along Groovebook, a very cool app that will send to...
View ArticleStart dehydrating your own foods with this GIVEAWAY! An Excalibur dehydrator!
Years ago I began learning how to dehydrate my own food. I loved being able to buy fresh produce in bulk, wash and cut it up, and then dehydrate it for long-term storage. I bought my original...
View ArticleThe West Virginia water crisis and how one family coped
Just in case you missed it, hundreds of thousands of people in Charleston, West Virginia, and the surrounding areas were without water in what is truly a worst case scenario. I’m sure many were...
View ArticleWhat’s new this week on The Survival Mom Radio Network? Coconut oil benefits...
image by Joe Haupt As you may know, my family and I recently sold our house, packed up everything we owned and headed cross country to our new state, Texas. On our final day of packing, I was giving...
View ArticleEnter to win a $500 Amazon gift card from Kinsights and The Survival Mom!
I’m excited to announce that The Survival Mom blog has partnered with Kinsights to bring you an opportunity to win a $500 Amazon Gift Card! Kinsights is a social network made just for parents — and...
View ArticleStrategic Relocation: ur doin it rong
image by Atomic Taco One of the most popular tenets in the survival/prepper world is the requirement to relocate to an extremely rural location, or, if you must, to a town no larger than population...
View ArticleWhy Water Contamination is More Dangerous for Children
Guest post by Glenn Meder, developer of the Survival Still. In my many years teaching people about water and its impact on health, I have discovered that people in our society know shockingly little...
View ArticleLearn how an emergency disaster specialist respond to a crisis and more on...
What does a beautiful blonde, jars of chutney, and the Haitian earthquake of 2010 have in common? Diane Deveraux, The Canning Diva! This blonde mom of 2 busy kids started her professional life as an...
View ArticleAn important update to the West Virginia water crisis and a FREE water safety...
A few days ago I posted a first-person account of what life was like when hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia discovered just how tainted their city water was. They couldn’t drink it, use...
View Article10 Ways to Use a Shemagh Tactical Scarf
The Shemagh (pronounced Shmog) has been used for years by people in the Middle East who wrap it around their head and neck as protection from both sun and sand. US soldiers also use it extensively when...
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