to military parents new,long time but still in, and retired (need ideas, please share )?

Question

i know families should support their military spouse, but what do you do to keep your family strong when they are home or while they are gone to keep the family strong. share your ideas with other parents. so they can keep the family active and close with ideas they may never have thought of before. these ideas may help a parents lost in options, when butting head with the kids who may feel they are lacking attention and such. i know overseas its limited. if you have ever lived overseas and know ideas still share those too.

i ask this because i was one and i wish i could start a site to help.eople who enlist think of the career they are beigining, but not always ready for family life even if its step children. i lived it 20 years as a brat. it was easy and hard for me and my 2 siblings. i want to have a way to share what i learned and was taught by othes. if there is already a site where militarybrats can share or support current military kids that are struggling let me know?

Answer 1

My kids were born into Military life, so they actually don't know any other way of life. Aside from the Italian friends they have made while living here in Italy, all other children they know are also Military, but they still miss their dad when he is gone.
Work doesn't take my husband away from home as much here as it did when we were stationed in the States, but he still travels and there have been a few times since we moved here that he has to gone for a while. I try to keep myself and our children as busy as possible when he is away. It's a little harder overseas because we have no family around, but we deal with it.
If my husband is away now for more then a few weeks, we make a home video of him reading a story, and I play them for the kids at bedtime. They love that, especially our two year old daughter.
We also make a "Daddy's Countdown Calender" before he leaves. We make one for him and one for us, and at the end of the day we mark off that date because that means Daddy is one day closer to coming home!
People can always go to the Family Service Center on base, and get suggestions on making life easier when one of the parent's are away, especially when the parent is a place like Iraq. I'm the Ombudsman for my husband's Command, I try to really get the information out there to the Command families that Family Service Center is there to help deal with deployments and
all.
Truly though, children could actually teach us adults a thing or two about living life as a Military family. Kids are so resourceful and they bounce back so quickly, and they always get excited about a move and new City/State/Country. We adults complain about the moves and hassles that sometimes comes along with this lifestyle, but kids love meeting new people and getting to live in new houses!
I defiantly think a stable household is totally possible for Military families. As long as your children are with you, safe, loved and taken care of, they'll be fine.

Answer 2

Not really sure what you are looking for here, but I will share my thoughts.

I have 20 years of service, some active some reserves. I just tell my folks that the military is what I do, it requires me to spend time away and that I will miss things such as birthdays, graduations and anniversaries, but that does not change my feelings for each family member.

I serve because I feel it is my duty to do what I can to preserve the American way of life. I know many people may find that repulsive but I don't care.

I do what I do because of my family......

Answer 3

there isn't any "respectable" decision for this. it is in certainty in case you elect for to be referred as one. i'm interior the army, yet because of the fact my dad retired from the USAF I evaluate myself an Air tension brat. it surely relies upon on the verbal exchange besides. If i'm chatting with somebody approximately what I do in my opinion, i might say i'm a Soldier. If referencing my youngsters, i might say i'm an Air tension brat. the quick answer, as pronounced, specific, you will possibly be seen a brat for existence.

Answer 4

Ask the base chaplin. He/she will have dealt with this, and will have resources to help. He may know of a website like this already, or have more ideas and suggestions to put on one.