The Defense Department has implemented an early childhood education curriculum called, Early Learning Matters. This is the first early childhood education curriculum developed for DOD's child development program. The department created this...
Tips for military parents planning PCS moves with children
Moving can be hard on military families, especially on children. Moving to a new home, going to a new school, finding new friends - it can be unsettling for kids of any age. Yet there are things that service members can do to prepare for a...
USO NW hosts best-selling author at baby shower
The first baby shower Heidi Murkoff held was in Okinawa in 2013 for expectant military mothers and mothers who had just had a child. "The air conditioning was broken," she recalled, "but the best part was that nobody even noticed because...
Commissaries address baby formula shortage
FORT LEE, Va. - The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is implementing shopping limits on select specialty baby formula items as the agency works with its distributors to increase supply levels. Since May 13, in conjunction with established WIC...
How to help military children reconnect after two years of the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been extraordinarily challenging for even the most resilient kids. The lockdowns and countless precautions have resulted in isolation and a loss of normal opportunities for children to just be children. What can...
Two JBLM children published in new book
Jocelyn Suarez knows about foreshadowing in telling a good, scary story. In her short story "Beach," she clues the reader into how a woman turns into a dog by writing, "The beach was as dry as a dog's tongue." Her younger brother, Knight...
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