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Elisabeth H.
- Nov 4
Sometimes Negatives Are Also Positives
As we all know, military teens can have a difficult life. I respect that statement because I know it’s true. We go through moves -...
Lorelei H.
- Aug 5
I Hate Motivational Posters: The Emotions of Extended Deployments
Nothing irks me more than those silly “You can do it!” posters. Sometimes nothing but negativity spews out of my mouth, and I feel like I...
Ella W.
- Jul 13
Unsolvable Puzzles
April was the month of the military child, and there were several recurring themes I heard in the discussion surrounding us military...
Avery Turner
- Dec 13, 2021
The Dream State
The past two years have revealed more about the resiliency of military kids, and the struggles we face, than ever before. We moved...
Emma M.
- Mar 3, 2021
The Link Between Trauma and Military Life: How We Can Work Together to Combat It
One day, I was scrolling my Instagram page and I stumbled upon a video from a licensed therapist. The video was about things that people...
Caleb K.
- Oct 7, 2020
Managing Stress During Unusual Times
As all of you know, the start of the 2020-2021 school year has been very off-putting. Although we ended the last school year in an online...
Emma M.
- Aug 12, 2020
Advice from a Previously Shy and Anxious Military Kid: Learning to Adapt to these New Changes
As the weeks draw nearer and nearer to what I hope is our upcoming school year, it becomes planting season for lots of military kids....
Griffin S.
- Jul 27, 2020
COVID-19 Mental Health: How to Overcome the Sudden Change
The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the trickiest problems to manage and overcome in the modern world. Since a sufficient vaccine...
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- Apr 20, 2020
Invisible Wounds
When people think about the military, they think of freedom, red white and blue and dog tags. But when military kids think of it, they...
Griffin S.
- Apr 8, 2020
Mental Health: The Importance During PCS Transitions
Immediately at the beginning of 2019, I found out my family and I were going to move to South Korea the following summer. I couldn’t...