Fact Sheet, Brief
Reports the results of a longitudinal study of youth from military families and their caregivers concerning their emotional well-being and how well they are coping with servicemembers' extended deployments. (Author abstract)
Other, Book
This guide was created for parents, relatives, teachers, service members, and community members to help children and youth cope with separation from a parent due to military deployment. Because children can be seriously affected by the absence of a parent orboth parents, it is important for those adults closest to the child to be educated and informed about separations and deployment and how to help childrenadapt to these changes. This guide was written with children ages 7-18 in mind. (Author abstract modified)
Fact Sheet, Brief
This fact sheet summarizes research showing that children from military families experience above-average levels of emotional and behavioral difficulties and that longer parental deployments are associated with greater difficulties. (Author abstract) Superceded: See http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9568.html Unfortunately, there are very few resources for military (and deployed civilian) fathers, who are looking for guidance on how to be in close touch with their families back home. The Military Father, written by the country's leading authority on fathers and families, will fill that gap, providing deployed dads with everything they need to know to stay (or become) involved with and connected to their family regardless of the distance that separates them.Part I of this essential sourcebook covers pre-deployment and explores the profound effect a dad's absence will have on his spouse, his…
Deployment can be a difficult time, for both the adults being deployed and the families they are leaving behind. Children face a hose of special issues when one or both of their parents are deployed. This booklet was created to help parents and educators, two groups who care deeply about children, support children during this potentially stressing time. We also discuss ways that parents and educators can work together to ensure that the education process stays on track during a deployment. (Author abstract).
This booklet is intended to help parents build coping skills in their children during and after a military deployment. The goal is to bring needed support and understanding to the process and to maintain the family well being. Specific and practical guidelines for parents are presented in order to identify age-related reactions and focus on appropriate intervention strategies. By using the information and techniques in this booklet and adding your own unique perspective and expertise, you will become more knowledgeable and better prepared to assist your child during the deployment and…
This picture book explains the deployment of fathers in the Navy and explores the feelings of their children when they are gone. Told through the viewpoint of a little girl, it discusses the hardship children face while fathers are away, the importance of the work fathers do in the military, and welcoming fathers home. A list of reflective questions is provided to probe children's feelings about deployment.
This book shares the stories of military families who have reunited after a deployment. Service members, spouses, parents, fiancées, and children tell of the joy and anxiety of homecoming, the adjustments of living together again, and how they coped with anger, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, injuries, grief, and other challenges. Following an introduction that summarizes the top advice from the families interviewed, the book is organized into the following sections: planning the rendezvous, including getting ready for the big day and what to expect in the first days; leaning to…
This guide for military families provides information on deployment and strategies for coping with family separation. The first section of the book discusses types of deployment and the phases and stages of deployment that families go through. The three phases include: pre-deployment/preparation, including the stages of shock, denial, and anger, the anticipation of loss, and emotional detachment; deployment/separation, including the stages of disorientation/depression, adaptation, anticipation of homecoming, and deployment extension; and post-deployment/homecoming-reunion, including the…
This book highlights the experiences of six women living on an Army post in Baumholder, Germany whose husbands are deployed to Iraq. The women were interviewed biweekly between April 2003 and August 2004. They describe the pressures of single-parenthood, battles with alcoholism and depression, marital strife, the strength and comfort that come with the support of close friends, and their fear of death during the 15 months of deployment. Their relationships with their husbands and with the community are discussed, as well as their own quest to cope with the deployment. 27 references.
