military kids
Root Your Family in Reading
Here at the edge of May, we can see June’s door beginning to open, inviting us to summer’s wide open… Read More
How to Leverage Your Military Benefits to Rock the Summer of 2017
Sitting in the pickup line, waiting for that final bell to ring on the last day of school I can… Read More
Acknowledge Our Smallest Patriots
"If you’ve ever held your child in the middle of the street as they’re sobbing because they are watching their… Read More
Shaping Our Shadows: The Power of a Parent
We found ourselves established into a new “old,” routine one month at our new duty station. We dealt with the… Read More
4 Lessons Military Kids Teach Adults
One of my favorite weekend rituals is sitting on my front porch with a steaming cup of Bullet Proof Coffee… Read More
Military Kids Are Super But They Are Not Unbreakable
Military kids. They are strong. They are resilient. They are adaptable. They are well traveled. They are fiercely patriotic. They… Read More
3 Ways To Parent Your Milkids Based on Your Strengths
I recently saw a meme that perfectly summed up my experience as a parent: “Just when you think you have… Read More
A Pattern of Malfeasance: The Department of Defense’s Treatment of Special Needs Military Kids
"If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't." Hyman… Read More
Pediatric Cancer: Military Families Search for Answers
On Jan. 7th of this year, Amanda Whatley showed the world what childhood cancer looks like in a military family.… Read More
Fix the Gap: Terminally Ill Military Kids Must Forego Treatment to Receive Hospice Care
By: Karen Ruedisueli, Government Relations Deputy Director, National Military Family Association Your family sacrifices 365 days a year. You endure… Read More
Spouse Confessions: I Was Abused and Now I Have PTSD
**Editor's note: this story contains highly explicit material. This author chose to remain anonymous due to the highly sensitive confession. Please… Read More
5 Ways the Military Family Evolves
How many of you have gotten this question: “How on EARTH do you do it? How does your marriage/family survive… Read More
Don’t Forget Picasso: Fun Learning for Your Elementary-aged Kids
Recently one of our MilitaryHomeschoolers group lamented public schools cutting out creative arts programs and questioned how to include it now… Read More
10 Things I’ve Learned From My Military Brats
My daughter wandered into the living room to find me sniffling. "Mom, what's wrong?" I wiped my eyes and blurted,… Read More
My Son Didn’t Choose His Military Life and I Feel Guilty About It
By Molly DeWitt, from Military Spouse Magazine It’s a typical weekday morning for us. We’ve rushed out of the house… Read More
35 Reasons We Adore Military Kids
We happen to think that military kids are some of the most amazing humans on the planet, don't you? We… Read More
An Honest Letter from a Mother Bird in Her Empty Nest
If you would have tapped me on the shoulder in the midst of raising sons while PCSing every 2-3 years and… Read More
All Spouses, From All Branches: Unite with AUSA
Each year, in the grand halls of a convention center in Washington D.C., a non-profit educational organization sets up a three-day… Read More