Books on the Psychology of Military Family and Children

As a armed services spouse, I've seen firsthand the unique challenges families face. Military machine life is total of ups and downs, complicated acronyms, long hours, and dreaded deployments. For adults, armed services life tin be unpredictable and stressful. For kids, fifty-fifty more than then, as they serve alongside their parents, navigating the confusing and audacious role of a military family unit.

Whenever I find myself overwhelmed or stumped by a trouble, I always plow to books. One of the virtually useful gifts I've received from a fellow military spouse was a copy of Meredith Leyva's Married to the Military machine, a useful primer on the armed services. If yous're similar me and find solace in books and are looking for resources to share with your children to explain armed services life, this listing of picture books will comfort and inform. From the highs of reunions to the lows of separations, these reads are first-class resources for families along their armed services journeying.

Night Catch

by Brenda Ehrmantraut, illustrated past Vicki Wehrman

If you have a deployed family unit member, this book is a peachy resource to help children understand family separation. Night Catch offers a fun game for children to play with their loved ones, which will connect family members despite the miles between them.



I Love You Virtually and Far

by Marjorie Blain Parker, illustrated by Jed Henry

This story is helpful in explaining family separation as a event of war machine life or divorce. It likewise covers the topic of living away from extended family like grandparents, aunts, and uncles in a charming and heartwarming mode.



Honey, Lizzie: Messages to a Military Mom

by Lisa Tucker McElroy, illustrated by Diane Paterson

This is a wonderful volume to teach your children well-nigh writing messages to deployed parents, and information technology illustrates ways to keep in touch and share important events when you're separated past distance. Love, Lizzie is a beautifully rendered story that volition tug at your heartstrings.



H is for Honor

by Devin Scillian, illustrated by Victor Juhasz

Reading H is for Award is a fun way to teach your kids the ins and outs of military machine lingo. This book explains the different military branches and helps children sympathise the sacrifices their parents make and the bravery they exhibit.



I Miss You!: A Military machine Kid's Book About Deployment

by Beth Andrews, illustrated by Hawley Wright

This fun and informative book aims to help children and their parents navigate the emotions and stresses related to deployments. The author draws on her experience as a social worker to create a guide that encourages communication between families as they navigate hard situations.



Lily Hates Goodbyes

by Jerilyn Marler, illustrated by Nathan Stoltenberg

An interactive storybook to aid young children navigate the difficulty of deployments, this book helps kids understand the scary moments of family separation while as well showing the joy of reunions. Children volition learn to better encompass their own emotions as they connect with Lily's journey.



Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops

past Jill Biden, illustrated past Raúl Colón

Inspired by her granddaughter Natalie's experience with her father'due south deployment, Jill Biden highlights the support children can receive from their community during a parent'southward deployment and offers tips for kids to cope during separations. Culminating with a happy reunion, this beautifully illustrated text is one for the keeper shelf.



Hero Mom and Hero Dad

past Melinda Hardin, illustrated past Bryan Langdo

The perfect texts for children whose parents serve in the armed forces, Hero Mom and Hero Dad illustrate the big and small acts of heroism armed services parents undergo each day. With fun pictures, these books explain the realities of armed forces jobs to kids.



A Paper Hug

by Stephanie Skolmoski, illustrated by Anneliese Bennion

Sharing a newspaper hug with a deployed family fellow member is an first-class manner for kids to connect with loved ones who are far away. Heartfelt and emotional, this book does a wonderful chore of helping kids express their emotions during separations.



Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home

by Kristin Ayyar, illustrated past Melissa Bailey

If you're waiting for a loved one to return from deployment or an extended TDY, this is a wonderful resource for teaching children to navigate the exciting, and at times tough, countdown.

Which books take you constitute benign in navigating the challenges of war machine life?

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Chanel Cleeton is the author ofOn Broken Wings, the newest volume in her military-inspired Wild Aces Romance serial. Originally a Florida daughter, Chanel moved to London where she received a bachelor'due south caste from Richmond, The American International Academy in London and a master'southward degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chanel roughshod in love with London and planned to stay there forever, until fate intervened on a Caribbean area prowl and a fighter pilot with smooth dance moves swept her off her feet. Now, a happily ever after later, Chanel is living her next adventure.

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