I took my nephew and his friend backpacking last summer. They must have crammed 80lbs in to their backpacks. All of it stuff they saw on the Survivorman show. 10 firestarters, a dozen knives, and a bunch of other useless stupid and dangerous stuff. I let them keep some of the useless stuff so they could learn. All this survival stuff and nothing practical. It was especially fun ordering them to make the morning fire. All that fire starting stuff and no simple lighter.
I've never smoked in my life but I carry a bic lighter every day. Fire good.
Last time we went camping my boy asked if he should bring his paracord survival bracelet he made. Yeah, you probably should...