Programs, tips and advice on helping kids with a deployed parent.
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"Although stepfamilies look like first-time families on the outside, they are very different on the inside," said Patricia L. Papernow, EDD, of the Stepfamily Association of America. With divorce on the rise, re-marrying and forming new...
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Stumbleupon.com has posted a thought-provoking story looking at tearful reunions between military parents returning from war and their children before cameras for all to see. Give us your thoughts below.
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To a young mind, nothing says Daddy or Mommy is OK like a video of him or her. This reassurance, while parents are on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, can be a remarkable feeling - for both the parent and the child. While this wasn't...
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Parenting during deployments is a task in and of itself, but explaining antiwar sentiment to young children can be even more taxing. Explaining news reports that show war protestors or even driving past the local protestors who gather on the...
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You wake up at 4 a.m., knowing you'll have to be functional throughout the day. But the wails coming from the room across the hall can't be ignored. You step into the dark room to soothe your child from her nightmare. As she whimpers in...
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Trista Huckleberry, a University of Washington Tacoma assistant professor with a PhD in psychology, has extensive education and experience in child development matters. She spent time with The Ranger to help shed some light on coping when...
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In 2004, a sniper in Mosul, Iraq, fired a shot that would alter the Villanueva family forever. Catressa Villanueva, Staff Sgt. Javier Villanueva's wife, explains the incident simply: "They went on a patrol and were...
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Here's a piece about Fort Lewis's Ken and Kristie Halander and their challenges to raise a child through frequent deployments.
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When Col. Kris Peterson was set to deploy at the kickoff of Operation Iraqi Freedom, it took six weeks for him to say goodbye to his family. "Every week, they told us we were leaving. Then it would be postponed to the next week. I was an...
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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; Â 1-(800) -342-9647n...
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