My kids are RATS!

[PARA FN FAL]

Anybody else here have the problem of their kids using the survival preps with their friends. My oldest son would come home from school with his friends and eat the MREs. His brother does the same but to a lesser degree. Batteries are another one. We go through batteries at an icredible rate. Bottled water gets used up by the older boy and the younger one goes through ammo like there free. It is not bad in that my supplies get rotated wether I like it or not but I get pissed when i look for something and find most or all of it is gone because of the "rats" in the BOB. I was kind of wondering if any of you have the same problem?

[bykerhd]

Don't worry. They grow up and move out eventually. They may come back to visit for a few weeks, months or years occasionally while between opportunities, jobs, relationships, etc. But I'm sure you'll miss them when they are gone. The cancelled checks you get to keep as mementoes of their visits and their departures will keep you company better than your then empty checking account will.
The BOB that mysteriously keeps emptying itself will seem trivial in comparison.
Chin up.

[Muggzy]

I like having my kids around so much that I would buy extra ammo (if there is such a thing) and more MRE's just to make sure they do hang around:D

My fear is that one of these days they might actually leave:cry: then it's just me....no one to run interference with the spouse.:uhoh:

[Rawles]

One gent who wrote me to comment about my novel ("Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse") commented that he formerly had problems with his kids eating up the tropical chocolate bars that he kept in his car for emergencies. He solved that problem by changing his automobile emergency food supply to canned dog food.

[AGC]

Disciplining the kids would seem a far more pressing survival preparation than a few boxes of batteries and MREs.

They have no respect for either _your_ property, nor the _family's_ wellbeing.

If they can't restrain themselves from taking what isn't theirs today, while we're fat and comfortable, then we're looking at two unpleasant situations in the future: they're not going to have the self-discipline to endure the unpleasant and do what has to be done in a crisis, and they're going to behave like looters, taking what isn't theirs to take. Both can be fatal in a crisis.

[tommygun2000]

Ever hear of padlocks?

[mosbysmen]

see these shelves , anyone takes anything off this shelf will be pulling weeds all weekend , and then do it.

[Powderfinger]

Originally posted by AGC
Disciplining the kids would seem a far more pressing survival preparation than a few boxes of batteries and MREs.

They have no respect for either _your_ property, nor the _family's_ wellbeing.

If they can't restrain themselves from taking what isn't theirs today, while we're fat and comfortable, then we're looking at two unpleasant situations in the future: they're not going to have the self-discipline to endure the unpleasant and do what has to be done in a crisis, and they're going to behave like looters, taking what isn't theirs to take. Both can be fatal in a crisis.

Kudos:bow:

[zallen]

Originally posted by mosbysmen
see these shelves , anyone takes anything off this shelf will be pulling weeds all weekend , and then do it.

Not to hijack but.....

We have three oak trees in the yard. I send #1 son out with a (or more:smile: ) 5 gallon pail. Without using a rake he has to fill it. The worse the infraction the more buckets he gets.:tongue:

[fastfreddy]

My kids used to eat all the chili-mac MREs. We had a long talk and it's OK now. I occasionally pick up a few individual chili-macs at shows for them to have.

[brownknees]

Keep the used/empty wrappers for the food & batteries for a couple of weeks.
Then take them on a weekend camping trip.
Come dinner time give them the empty wrappers & explain they already ate the food.
Then give them dead batteries for the light/Ipod/radio.
Tell them that they already used them too.
Teaching resposibility isn't always easy, but it still has to be done.
Sometimes it takes a practical demo to get thru & no one will actually suffer from a day of not eating & not listening to the tunes.

[rob080650]

Hi All,
Consider, you know where they are when they are at your house instead of somewhere else doing who knows what with who knows who! Might be worth it to have some extra water and MREs available while keeping the BOBs secured.
Best,
Rob