There are several things to keep in mind that will help when you come home after a deployment. The following list includes suggestions that can help with children of any age:
Parents are usually the first to recognize when a child is having a problem with emotions or behavior. When children have had challenges with their emotions and behavior before deployment, deployment can sometimes make these problems worse.
Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents and Day-Care Providers of Preschool Children
Events are uncertain for children. Their friends’ parents, or perhaps their own parents, may be called away to serve in the military. Although you may think they are too young to understand what is happening, even very young children can absorb frightening events from the news or from conversations they overhear.
Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents and Teachers of Elementary School Children
Events are uncertain for children. Their friends’ parents, or perhaps their own parents, may be called away to serve in the military. They look to teachers as well as to parents to make them feel safe in a time of war.
Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents and Teachers of Middle School Children
Tips for Parents and Teachers of Middle School Children
Events are uncertain for children. Their friends’ parents, or perhaps their own parents, may be called away to serve in the military. They look to teachers and friends as well as to parents to make them feel safe in a time of war.
Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents and Teachers of Teens
Tips for Parents and Teachers of Teens
Although your teens may tower over you, they are still very young and can keenly feel the fear and uncertainty of a time of war, especially because terrorism has brought fear so close to home…