In May, the Department of Defense through a partnership with the USO and Trevor Romaine company will be releasing a DVD kit entitled "With You All The Way". The kit will include a DVD that helps school-aged … [Read more...]
Military Teens Toolkit
July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Each summer, the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple® program provides a free week of camp for thousands of military youth who have a parent serving in the Uniformed Services. We … [Read more...]
Deployments with Sesame Street
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sesame Street has partnered with Wal-Mart to make a deployment kit available to all military families with children. This kit contains a Sesame Street DVD, a Parent/Caregiver magazine, and a child’s … [Read more...]
Dealing with Pets During Army Deployments
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Getting pets to deal with deployments can sometimes be even more difficult than dealing with kids. Pets will also show their emotions and they will react when someone disappears from their daily routine. … [Read more...]
Operation Purple for Military Kids
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If your soldier is deployed and you would like to offer a unique experience to your children, be sure to check with the National Military Family Association. Operation Purple is a summer camp that is free … [Read more...]
Military Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Web Site: http://www.mops.org/military Bio: MOPS International is dedicated to meeting the needs of every mother of preschoolers. In order to attain this vision for moms who are either in the military … [Read more...]
Helping Kids Face Deployment
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By: Michelle S. McIntyre-Brewer Leadership and Individual Giving Manager United Way of the Capital Region Many military families are facing deployment on a regular basis as we face the War on Terror. … [Read more...]
More Deployment Coping Tips for Army Kids
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
as submitted by Kendra I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old, we are going through our first deployment now. It has been very hard on the kids of course they are really to young to understand fully what … [Read more...]
12 Tips To Help Army Kids Cope with Deployments
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
These are tips that I have gathered from Army wives who are moms and I hope you will find them useful as well. If you have other tips to share, please email me. Also, all of these tips refer to dad as … [Read more...]
