Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Ya know, thinking back I really wasn't technically taught the woodsy and camping stuff so much as it came to me because I was a feral child who ran off into the woods any time I saw a chance to escape. ...
I think that is expected of youth in rural areas.
I grew up in Minneapolis in the middle of an urban area. There was a swimming beach nearby, learned to swim there but my mother was instrumental in that. I have to credit Boy Scouts for learning how to tie knots other than my shoe laces, build a fire, put up a tent, map and compass, etc. My family did some camping, but that was pretty minimal and included minimal instruction.