Military Kids High Level of Stress

With the repeated deployment of military personnel overseas, it was bound to have an effect on families. A new study says that children of military staff are at “high risk for psychological problems.” The study looked at “deployed Army soldiers with school-age children, aged 5 to 12.”

They found that children were stressed out by the leave of one parent. First there is worry about the safety of that parent. Then the anxiety of when they will return. Even when the parent comes back, there is the stress of trying to settle into family life again and also the worry of redeployment. It all takes a toll. The study said that “there are more than 2 million U.S. military children, many of whom have parents who have deployed multiple times.”

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