325: 7 Tips to Get Your Family On Board With Preparedness

Money and time are the first two reasons people give for not prepping. The third isn't a thing, it's a person. When I asked Mind4Survival readers what holds them back, answer after answer named a spouse, a parent, or a grown kid who doesn't see the point. In this Day 6 episode of National Preparedness Month, I walk through the five reasons a loved one says no to preparedness, from normalcy bias and worry to "someone will handle it," the prepper label, and money or time, and why most of them aren't a hard no. Then I cover seven tips to bring him or her on board: start with what he or she already does that counts as prepping, ask instead of lecture, make the idea theirs, set the budget together, let the preps do the talking, give everyone a job, and keep going even if nobody comes around. Members of the Mind4Survival Facebook group share what has worked in their own houses. Being prepared for survival and everyday setbacks is easier with the people you live with on your side, and getting them there is a slow, steady job, not an argument.