The men and women in our military are extremely brave, and the people they leave back home need to be brave as well. As a kid, it’s tough if one of your parents is gone for long periods of time, especially if they’re out doing dangerous things. Yes, you feel proud of them, but deployment can also be a sad and scary time. If your spouse is in the military, and you’re at home with the kids, there are ways to help them (and yourself) through it. Check out this post by Carlie at About One:
Make a Video: Have the deploying parent make a video speaking to each child.
Get a free quilt or pillow from Operation Kid Comfort.All you have to do is supply some photos of the deployed parent.
Make a Deployment Countdown Chain: For us, we always make a paper chain once we are 90-days out from the end of a deployment.
Read books about deployment.
Take a family photo together and give each child one to put near their beds.