Information and resources to help children, parents and educators with military deployments.
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Healthy Parenting
Articles on deployment and parenting during separations, questions and answers, helping children cope with media reports and more.
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Operation Ready
Training materials, information, children's workbooks and more.
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Military One Source
Twenty-four consultants who can research questions and refer to appropriate agencies for specific problems. Articles on everything from deployments, childrearing and health care issues.
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Deployment Center
Materials on families, children and separations due to deployment, and activities for deployed and at-home parents.
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Army Family Team Building
Training for military families on the Army, leadership and personal development. Deployment materials in AFTB Net Trainer Resources, Level I Lesson 8 on the Military Mission.
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PBS Parents
PBS Parents Center/Behavior and Development has articles on talking with children about war and violence, strategies to cope with war and violence, life skill development, and more.
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American Psychological Association Help Center
APA Help Center Family and Relationships section has articles in the Resilience in Time of War site on tips for parents of preschool, elementary, middle school and teens.
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Army Family Liasion Office
Information on deployment wellbeing, stages of deployment and signs to watch for in children.
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U.S. Army Hooah4Health
Deployment tips for parents, emotional cycles of deployment and more.