Day 32: How to teach family survival skills…

How to Teach your family Wilderness Survival

If you want to teach kids survival skills, there’s one word that matters more than any other:

Curiosity.

Spark that—and the rest will follow.

Start with Adventure

Kids don’t need lectures.
They need mountains, mud, and movement.

  • Go hiking

  • Go four-wheeling

  • Go overlanding

  • Go swimming in alpine lakes

While you're out there, make it fun—but also make it thoughtful.

Play the “What If” Game

Ask them:

  • “What would you do if we got stranded here?”

  • “What if the car broke down right now?”

Then talk through their answers.
Don’t just teach them what to think—teach them how to think.

Make It Practical

  • Show them your car kit

  • Go through your 72-hour kit

  • Explain your medical gear

  • Let them help pack and use each kit

Practice builds confidence. Curiosity turns into competence.

Take Them Overnight camping

Build a small pack together—bug out or just hiking gear—and go camp out.

While you're out there:

  • Ask what they’d do without a tent

  • Let them build shelters

  • Teach friction fire

  • Show how to fish, clean, and cook

  • Identify wild edibles together

Then back off a little.
Supervise, don’t control. Let them try, fail, adapt, and learn.

Bottom Line

If you build curiosity, kids will seek the knowledge themselves.
Spend time outdoors.
Ask great questions.
Let them get hands-on.

The lessons will stick.
And one day, they’ll be the ones teaching someone else.

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