Unfortunate Truths

I will miss toilet paper the most

Yes but I won't miss it untill after the first year. Man that stuff takes up a lot of room!

I would add to this that if you are a woman, teen, or young girl and there is a prolonged period of time with no law and order, prepare for the probability of rape if you are in a populated area with not much security. Happens/happened a lot in the Haiti tent camps after the earthquake.

Well that's just fabulous, isn't it? Frick. This is a BIG fear for me and especially the little one.

Any suggestions here people?

At the risk of being politically incorrect..... get rid of anything feminine such as jewelry, long hair, perfume, makeup.... get a little dirt on your face. Dress, move and act like a man. Be non descript. Blend in. Loose clothing in muted tones. Carry a weapon and DO NOT be hesitant to use it. Have you rough housed? Wrestled? Played contact sports? With friends start to get physical so you are somewhat used to knocks, bumps and pain. Also what it feels like to have aggression directed toward you but in a "friendly" way...LOL. Develop situational awareness. Develop the midset of always having a "way out"... 2 or 3 routes.... from any situation. Look at people as a threat even if they aren't. If you think it and plan for it you will NEVER be taken by surprise. It may seem a little... or a lot paranoid...BUT... in the end, once TSHTF, paranioa WILL help to keep you alive.

Excellent advice JAB.

Agreed! Great advice! I can totally blend in (aside from height...but 6' for a 'guy' isn't too bad I guess!) and have for sure knocked and been knocked about by my brother. I'm not a wilting flower kinda female. 😉

I'm already a lot paranoid...but that's on behalf of my toddler daughter. Any suggestions there? Scared sh*tless for her.

You can raise your child as a girl... as a boy... or gender neutral. The latter would be the safest yet allow her to develop her natural sexuality as opposed to being "taught" what and how she should be. No girl toys or boy toys... rather a mix to develop both sides. Same with activities and clothing. In the end you will have raised a human being that will be very self sufficient and independant and able to recognize and address the different challenges in her life without a gender bias of what she can do. If there ultimately is no SHTF event.. she will still benefit greatly from her upbringing.

Yeah, she's not the "princess type", trust me. This girl takes after her mama! She's got a great mix of all toys but the princess crap is banned from the house. As well as "Barbie" type stuff. Ick. However, the girl loves purple and cuddles her doll regularly. She's for sure a girl. I wasn't really worried so much about her upbringing, but how to protect her from getting raped. My buddy was raped from the ages of 3-12 by a 'family friend' and now that we've both got daughters, we're on alert. Bigtime. I'm more worried about what to do should SHTF and there's a bunch of hormonal morons out there. Granted, they'll have to get though my O-line husband 😈 but if he's not around? What do I do to protect her?
Besides the obvious full on mamabear attack, I mean. 👿 😈 😡

What I was trying to get to was to reduce her "signature" so she blends in better and is less of a target. 😉

Yeah, she's not the "princess type", trust me. This girl takes after her mama! She's got a great mix of all toys but the princess crap is banned from the house. As well as "Barbie" type stuff. Ick. However, the girl loves purple and cuddles her doll regularly. She's for sure a girl. I wasn't really worried so much about her upbringing, but how to protect her from getting raped. My buddy was raped from the ages of 3-12 by a 'family friend' and now that we've both got daughters, we're on alert. Bigtime. I'm more worried about what to do should SHTF and there's a bunch of hormonal morons out there. Granted, they'll have to get though my O-line husband 😈 but if he's not around? What do I do to protect her?
Besides the obvious full on mamabear attack, I mean. 👿 😈 😡

My wife finds a 12 gauge pump to be a comfort when I am not around. 😉 If they got by our dogs, nothing gets their attention like the sound of the slide bars as a round is being chambered.

MamaBear,

One final line of defence you could employ would be to let your daughter learn from an instructor of martial arts. The best in our area is Sensai Tom Gillis, Foothills Training Services in Okotoks, AB. Check them out here http://www.ftsma.com . This is a good place to start. Add in your family prep skills and self-reliance; followed by some firearms safety & training. And continued mother/daughter talks about "No, means NO" and that no one has the right to touch her body. Not easy things to explain to an adult, less alone a child. Keep the communication channels open between you and her as long as possible. Let her take the training necessary to use a knife or stick to defend herself. And make sure she is well exposed to handling a firearm. Teach her spacial awareness - being aware of what is going on around her, at all times. Listen to her inner voice that tries to warn of danger, the things that cause the hairs on the back of your neck to stick-up. Do not let her grow-up with tunnel vision. Those that stalk other humans are aware of human behaviour. They also know that those that are constantly looking for danger are the ones trained to do something about it. The predator will avoid a fight with a predator or one who acts like a predator. Sorry, not meaning to scare you. You have the right to be concerned, and lawless times bring out the worst in men, and usually the best in men, too. Chivalry may be dead, but in lawless times it may make a comeback. Until then, teaching your daughter to be aware of her surroundings - threats, fire exits, the location of the police station, firehall, hospital, dogs not on leash, vehicles in a parking lot, being followed by a stranger. And what to do in such cases.

I know that was a bit long winded. Hope it helps a little.

Mountainman.

That helps huge Mountainman! I'm praying on a daily basis that chivalry would show up in great abundance during a time of emergency or lawlessness. Until I see examples of that though, this mamabear and her little will both know how to use a gun, knife and other weapons. I have a friend who always says (somewhat sarcastically) that the most dangerous weapon is one in the hands of a woman who's children are in danger...I think I might just prove that right!
Seriously, thanks for that Mountainman. I'm less freaked out already. I never thought of martial arts for her but it would be the PERFECT idea for our little bag of energy. Now that I think of it, that's probably why some of my female cousins and aunts are all black belts...hmmm.....

Mamabear,

I think she could start training at 4 years old or maybe 5. Sensai Tom teaches more than just kata (forms). In fact, most training is hands on. He has a well rounded approach that also teaches thinking and problem-solving strategies even to the kids. Survival at all levels is about options. In your most feared situation, your young daughter being raped during a time of unrest or crisis, you need a multi-layered defence. If PapaBear is home, any would be rapist will be ventilated and the corpse will be hung over the picket fence as a warning. If MamaBear is home, any and all violence will be directed at the rapist and the corpse will probably be dragged into the street and doused in gasoline and set a flame. Now if your daughter for whatever reason is without her MamaBear or PapaBear, she needs to know it is okay to shove her pencil crayon in the eye of the bastard approaching her with his pants unzipped, whispering sweet calming words and then run to her safe room and wait for MamaBear and PapaBear to return home. Or smash her lunch kit into the sid eof his head, followed by a text book into the throat before running for safety. Of course, learning when to use or not to use can only come with continued training in a safe and open training environment. And black belt cousins should be invited over often to prove other tactics and lessons learned.

Just some thinks to think about. If you do not have options to exercise, you are a victims of what is about to happen next. That is true in a rape scenario or in forest fire or an earthquake or flood. They more ways you know how to deal with a situation the more options you have in your personal toolbox. If one tool or option in your toolbox does not work reach in and grab another. If your training include improvisation or adaption it should take awhile before you are in the "I have no more options to exercise" position. The training does not have to first hand, for devising options. Reading the experiences of others that are very detailed can stimulate the brain to consider solutions and built another option for your mental toolbox.

I guess I am rambling a bit.

Cheers,

Mountainman.

If PapaBear is home, any would be rapist will be ventilated and the corpse will be hung over the picket fence as a warning. If MamaBear is home, any and all violence will be directed at the rapist and the corpse will probably be dragged into the street and doused in gasoline and set a flame. Now if your daughter for whatever reason is without her MamaBear or PapaBear, she needs to know it is okay to shove her pencil crayon in the eye of the bastard approaching her with his pants unzipped, whispering sweet calming words and then run to her safe room and wait for MamaBear and PapaBear to return home. Or smash her lunch kit into the sid eof his head, followed by a text book into the throat before running for safety.
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I just read the above to Papabear (he really likes that as a nickname! Well done!) and we're both laughing because that's TOTALLY what we'd each do in that situation. Especially me with the gasoline induced inferno in the street. Completely my style. 😈 😈

We've decided that martial arts is going to be mandatory for her as she's growing up. I always had one 'mandatory' activity that my parents chose, and no matter how much I hated it I still had to do it and some of that stuff I learned actually resides in the gray matter to this day. Ditto for the little. I was thinking of swimming as her mandatory but this is much, much better. Thanks SO much for the idea! Weapons training is another on the mandatory list. I'm starting that by getting my PAL on Sunday so I can teach her the very basics as she grows up. I have a feeling I'll be going through martial arts with her as my aunt did with my cousin just so I know she's getting the information and so that SHE knows that yeah, girls can do this too. I'm going to check out that Sensi you recommended because the only one I know is a girly-boy d-bag.

Seriously all, thanks for the info. Mountainman? You may just get a hug if I meet you on the 29th. 😉

As Alice Cooper once phrased, “Welcome to my Nightmares” for this is what I’ve seen in my dreams.

Everybody seems to think that TEOTWAWKI only happens in nice weather where if any thing happens you can all just hop in the car and head out to your BOL. Well people, we are now going into the most unsettled time of Solar disturbances. Between now and March, the odds of having a Major CME/Solar flare will increase dramatically within the next few month. Most you have not considered, or don’t want to face the fact that one of these Events could happen during a snow/ice storm, when all the major routes out of the city are closed. Think about it people, if a large Carrington Event happened in the middle of our winter…We are screwed. Most of our cities, will become Metro-Necropolis. In other words, a major city of the (frozen) dead. Start reconsidering how much food and heat you have, because spring could be forever and a day in coming, and Death will be sitting patiently on your doorstep. Sweet dreams all.