Quote Originally Posted by rbeau30 View Post
The kids on the other hand have no interest in any of it, so they are kept in the dark about it only given limited info as well. Especially now that my two have been with mom full time. Outside the circle I guess you can call it.
Kids can be tough. Prepping is more a way of life for my sons, so it isn't anything special to them. And why talk about boring stuff to your friends, right? It has a lot to do with their mindset. My boys have also been years in Boy Scouts, so the concept of be prepared is well understood. One method is to get them on board to prep for a weather disaster, but you continue to prep for whatever you are prepping for. Then they are at least doing something and you are not dragging them through it.

If they are as anti-prep as your wife, there may be nothing you can do. Just accept the fact and prep for yourself as best you can. Get yourself mentally centered and let the criticism roll off your duck's back. Maybe start exploring hobbies and activities that you can interest your kids in that require equipment that doubles as preps. Camping is a common one. But fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities are good. Cooking, canning, gardening? Woodwork, fabrication, welding, machining? Automotive?

Are your kids interested in engineering? Start doing Saturday fun projects (there are tons on youtube) and blend into prep related challenges. For example, lets assume all the power went out, how many things in our house can be operate with alternative energy? Ya know, go green and all that? Once they get into learning and do those kind of things, you can start working them into more prep focused projects. You get prep, they get knowledge, you both have fun doing it. I spend more time teaching my boys skills, and learning new ones with them, than I do acquiring stuff. Creative, innovative and capable means more than a case of beans and a lantern.