The Defense Department has launched a new website intended to bolster military children as they deal with deployments and the other stressors of military life. Military Kids Connect offers military kids - from children to tweens and teens - an...
USO helps connect families through reading
Deployment can be hard on a family. It can be even harder for a service member who would normally read their children a good night story but are not around to do so. However, the Pat Tillman Memorial United Services Organization here offers a...
Read-aloud DVDs help families ease deployment stress
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- For many children, listening to the slow, calm tone of a parent's voice reading a bedtime story is part of a nightly ritual. Even when the parent is serving overseas, that can still be part of a child's...
Boys have harder time with parent deployed, study says
It is well known that children of servicemembers face numerous stressors that civilian children do not experience. The constant moving and adapting to new locations is definitely one of the stressors. However, experts agree that the biggest...
Not all military families live on post. As a result, many are often challenged to find safe, affordable child care options close to their homes. The new Army Child Care in Your Neighborhood, or ACCYN, program promotes sponsored off-post care as a...
Helpful resources for the single parent are sometimes just a click or phone call away: www.militaryonesource.com - free articles, books and DVDs available as well as localized support referral and counseling;  1-(800) -342-9647n...
The following are magazine style guides to enrich your life here in the South Sound. ...
Pour yourself a coffee and explore the world of housing information on and off Joint Base...
Every Thursday, we send JBLM Spouses magazine onto the world wide web to inform our single...
Looking for a job? Leaving the service? Are you a spouse? Scroll through this...
Journalist J.M. Simpson embedded with Soldiers, Airmen and Coasties for the Mangudai Leadership...
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janice spiak said:
I think Boys tend to internalize their feelings where girls ware their "heart on the sleeve". That is why their stress comes out in behavior...
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janice spiak said:
I think its good for people to see how these soldiers have friends,family and Loved one's anxiously waiting for their safe return home and the...
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RangerKen said:
Thanks for the note. Please take a look at our Family section - lots of info for those here in the area. http://www.northwestmilitary.com/families/
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amanda said:
Where is the help for when you are stateside on active duty? I am a single parent of 3 boys and active duty and I am always looking for resources...
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Lisa said:
I think it is both good and bad. Good for the kids as when our spouses come home it is just a blur, and that way we can get a copy of the video...
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