Tips for Family Caregivers
1. Learning to Manage Stress Have you experienced any of the following symptoms recently: disturbed sleep, digestive issues, weight gain/loss, anxiety, moodiness, depression, memory problems? These ..
Preparing Your Family Care Plan
Whether it's a deployment or training, sometimes your military career obligates you to leave yo..
How To Support Your Children Through the Deployment Cycle
As parents, we want to be good role models for our children. When word of a deployment comes, y..
An Overview of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
Every child deserves a quality education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ens..
Presents to Give Your Kids That Aren’t Toys
As parents everywhere are planning their holiday gift-giving, they must go through the frustrat..
5 Adoption Options
Military life is no longer a barrier to adoption as it once was. However, the adoption process ..
Your Checklist for Living Positive While Your Partner’s Deployed
During deployment, your partner's not the only one who has to step up and serve. Your job is st..
Make Active Living a Priority to Improve Family Fitness
Staying fit is part of the military lifestyle, but that doesn't mean it's easy. If you’re str..
Weighing Your Options For Child Care
Determining the best care for your baby or toddler can seem overwhelming. Each option has posit..
Family Readiness System
The Family Readiness System is defined as the network of agencies, programs, services, and indi..
Nine Ways to Help Your Kids Cope with Moving
You’ve received your PCS orders. Between using MilitaryINSTALLATIONS and Move.mil, looking..
How to Recognize PTSD in Your Spouse
This time of year, we see lots of ads for red roses and romantic dinners. While those are certa..
6 Awesome Military Vacation Discounts
With summer in full swing and kids out of school just long enough to start driving their parent..
Study Confirms Military Family Counseling Works
Beat stress. Improve your life. You have proven and easy ways at your fingertips to improve wel..
How To Survive Marriage From Someone Who’s Done It For 53 Years
Judi Schindler is the first to tell you that marriage isn’t easy. Married at 22, she said sh..
5 Ways To Help Your Military Child Deal With A Move
The childhood experience of boys and girls from military families is undeniably unique. The chi..
3 Reasons To Take Your Military Family To A National Park
It's no secret that I crazy-love our National Parks. When it comes to adventures for my militar..
Child Counseling Helps Kids Develop Healthy Habits
Child Counseling Helps Kids Develop Healthy Habits As a parent of a military youth, you ca..
Families Who Walk Together Talk Together
Family time is precious to service members and their families, so make the most of it by lookin..
5 Solo-Parenting Hacks For Endless Deployments
We’ve all been there. You finally get the kids to sleep, only to come downstairs to the mount..
Transitional Compensation: Help for Victims of Abuse
Victims of abuse can feel isolated and discouraged. For the families of military service member..
Family Fitness With Young Children
As a parent of young children, your time may not always feel like your own. Despite your best e..
Families Who Walk Together Talk Together
Family time is precious to service members and their families, so make the most of it by lookin..
Relocation Tool for Families
WASHINGTON -- During peak moving season Defense Department leaders want families to know new re..
Should I Quit Job to Spend Time With My Husband?
Dear Ms. Vicki, I recently married the man of my dreams. Everything between us is perfect. H..
American Red Cross Support for Military Families
The American Red Cross offers important support to service members, veterans and their famili..
Supporting Your Child’s Education at Home and School
Supporting a child’s education is one of your most important responsibilities. By cultivating..
5 Military Marriage Lessons from ‘This Is Us’
The popular TV drama "This is Us" debuted in late 2016, and TV viewers everywhere fell head..
How Assessing Your Fitness Can Save Your Life or Those You Love
Whether you are a civilian, active duty, or a candidate preparing for military, police, or fire..
Get Your Child the Right Start With Sure Start
Sure Start is a Department of Defense Education Activity program for command-sponsored children..
How To Address Substance Abuse With Your Teen
With the challenges of long family separations and permanent change of station moves, military ..
Learn How To Spice Up Your Military Love Life
As a sexuality counselor, I have found that the four words women hate to hear most after theyâ€..
If Your Child Out Of Control, Use these Tips
It was the middle of deployment, and I was already at the end of my rope. The oldest of my four..
How To Sleep With Someone New When You’re Already Married To Him
This column is not about sex. If you’re a parent — and if you’re reading this you prob..
How To Keep Your Relationship Strong During Separation
Whether this is the first time or the 20th time that your spouse has been called to active dut..
This Is The Best Time For An Eastern Caribbean Cruise
Maybe, so soon after a deadly duo of hurricanes ravaged some of its islands, this isn’t the b..
Life As a Male Military Spouse
As a male military spouse, you are part of a community that values you. While you and your wife..
Giving Your Child a Happy, Healthy Start
Every mother and father wants to raise a happy, healthy, well-adjusted child. Service members a..
Tips For Military Spouses Going Back To School
You’ve made the rewarding choice to go back to school. By pursuing your education goals, you ..
Ways Military Spouses Can Prepare For Their Event
It’s conference season! There’s just something about the fall that attracts multiple confer..