Staying Involved in Your Child’s Education If deployment means you’re leaving kids at home, it may be difficult to imagine staying involved in their lives while you are concentrating on your mission overseas. But experts say continuing to be a part of your child’s life on a daily basis is an important part of helping […]

This is a great idea! Pillowcases for kids with pictures of their deployed parents on them. Admittedly, I made Paul a pillowcase with a picture of me sleeping on it when he deployed. (Yes, so we could still sleep together. Sigh.) But I never thought of doing it the other way around! See the original […]

This is a great Op-Ed piece from the New York Times. The original article can be found here. One Husband, Two Kids, Three Deployments by Melissa Seligman Fort Riley, Kan. Five years ago, my new husband, David, swallowed his tears as he tried to find a way to say goodbye. He held our baby girl […]

A new study finds that when military moms are deployed, their teenage children are more likely to get into trouble. but researchers say the teens do fare better if there is strong family support at home. You can read the whole story here.

A nice post by an Army wife watching her husband prepare to deploy… My child is handling my husband’s deployment a little better than I am By Amanda Creel It’s amazing how resilient children can be. As my husband finished up all his packing and nailed down his last-minute to do list, I found myself […]

This is a well-written article from an Army mom who is serving as a Hero At Home while her son deploys. You can read more from her at Blog of an Infantry Mom. How Could I Let Him Enlist? I’ve had this question put to me several times over the last month or so, usually […]

Before he left, Mark and I worried daily about how our children were going to be affected by the deployment. We weren’t as concerned about our relationship, and we prepared for how to handle issues at home, but we were very concerned about how Mark’s absence would affect our toddler son. Our daughter was fortunately […]

What You Should (And Shouldn’t) Do About It A new study shows that children of military personnel deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan are significantly more likely to have behavior problems than kids whose parents aren’t deployed. That’s no surprise to anyone who’s had to be a single parent during a deployment. Being both mom and […]