Children During and After an Economic Crisis

Surviving in Argentina ^ | 10/20/12 | Ferfal

[Kartographer]

I’ve been receiving email and messages lately regarding the issue of kids and how an economic crisis can affect them. This would also apply to other long term SHTF events where daily life is disrupted and changes for the worse.

I am drawing here from my own personal experience in Argentina during and after the crisis and also what was happening to others at that time. Besides that, I have gathered information over the years regarding what happened in other places during other long term disasters. Using that information I can boil it down to three main problems that specifically affect a child and you should prepare to deal with them.

[tbw2]

I remember the Katrina refugees evacuated to Dallas. People grabbed the kids for the buses but nothing for the kids. When asked what they needed, people with multiple little ones cried for formula and diapers. They hadn’t even grabbed more than a standard diaper bag before getting on a bus for evacuation.

[Marcella]

“They hadn’t even grabbed more than a standard diaper bag before getting on a bus for evacuation.”

We might as well face the fact that millions of people will die if we have a country wide emergency. FEMA will collapse and law enforcement will collapse. The millions of people who have no foresight to have any supplies, or they made a willful choice not to store supplies, will die and their children along with them.

But, remember, the government took our tax money to build a shelter for President Hussein to save him and his family. I'm sure it's crammed to the top with water and food.

If for no reason other than that, I say spit in Hussein's eyes and use my own money for water and supplies to last a long time. If there was no possibility of a disaster, there wouldn't be a shelter and water/food for Hussein.

We have to depend on ourselves to survive whatever may come.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

My biggest concern is obtaining antibiotics and how/when to administer them. I have three adult children, two minor children, and three grandbabies to prep for. The older ones I’m not as worried about, because in a SHTF scenario, they can help work/protect/watch, etc. Even the two minor children are rather robust and ‘useful’ (I hate using that word, but in bad situations, everyone is evaluated by their usefulness).

The babies are of concern though, mostly because of medical needs. I’ve come to understand that no matter how well I think I’m prepared, there’s always more to do.

On the other hand, my biggest prep this month was buying a used Ford Expedition; big, beefy, off-road capable, and larger interior than my first apartment!

[Kartographer]

See here:

How to Stockpile Antibiotics for Long Term Survival

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2947506/posts

And here:

Antibiotics And Their Use in Collapse Medicine(tm), Part 1

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2837144/posts