Military Parents

stressors that military families may face

one parent gone for a while, child care is difficult with one parent, finances, concern/worry/panic, loneliness/sadness, added family duty and responsibilities, learning new skills, making new friends, fear for their service member’s safety, feeling overwhelmed, dealing with problems on their own, understanding what your loved ones have been through, and concern over being needed and loved

impact on children that have a parent in the military

higher stress levels, declining grades, increase in bad behavior, increase child abuse, sleep loss, mental and behavioral health visits increase, etc

maintain routines

what is one of the best thing to do for a child when a parent goes off the the military?

yes

can both the spouse and child feel negative symptoms when family member goes off to the military?