Middle Childhood (5-12 years)

Military children face situations that are unique. Their parents may be deployed at any time, causing separations and reorganization of the family.

The article focuses on the issue of children of United States military personnel losing parents in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

For more than a decade, the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have placed tremendous and cumulative strain on U.S. military personnel and their families.

Members of the Armed Services and Reserve Unit Members, both male and female, are being deployed to distant lands for long periods of time, dis

Children and adolescents of military families (military children) face numerous challenges that their civilian counterparts do not experience.

Despite research suggesting that supportive school communities can shield students from depression, alienation, and school failure, civilian schools have struggled to address the unique needs of military-c

More than 90% of the nation’s 1.2 million military children attend civilian-operated public schools.

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have led to concerning psychological, behavioral, and academic outcomes for children in military families.

Although most mental health clinicians receive some training in child and adolescent mental health, few have a clear understanding of the needs of children in the unique circumstances that accompany the co

Since the advent of the all-volunteer force in the 1970s, marriage, parenthood, and family life have become commonplace in the U.S.