Juggling Marriage, Military and Higher Education
Military spouses support their service members through many things. In 9 years of marriage, we’ve had our share of deployments, out-of-town training and long hours. It is often hard for us to realiz..
5 Ways to Give Your Mil-Kiddos the Best Opportunities Possible
In 2007, I sat down on my living room floor and opened my book for a night class I was taking a..
3 Easy Tips to Keep Your Military Marriage Shatterproof
Dating, loving, and eventually marrying a service member can bring a flurry of butterflies. T..
Drowning in Child Care Costs? Here’s Your Lifesaver!
I was 7 months pregnant, working full time and searching for a child care provider. As a firs..
12 Tips for Helping Teens Deal With a Parent’s Military Deployment
A parent’s military deployment affects the children, no matter what age they are, including ..
Making the Most of EFMP Family Support Services with the EFMP Family Needs Assessment
The Exceptional Family Member Program, or EFMP, Family Support is excited to introduce the DD ..
New Military Parents: Seven Ways to Keep Your Child Safe, Happy and Healthy
Welcome to parenthood. Parenting can be the most rewarding and challenging job you’ll likely ..
MilParent Power Tips
Parenting is a perfect example of family readiness and resilience – it’s an “always-on”..
Protect Your Children from Health Risks by Building Family Resilience
As a parent, being aware of factors that can impact your child’s well-being – even into adu..
7 Postpartum Fitness Tips for New Moms
Congratulations on the new addition to your family and welcome to motherhood. Your body has bee..
7 Ways To Spice Up Your Military Love Life
As a sexuality counselor, I have found that the four words women hate to hear most after they..
Medicaid for Family Members With Special Needs
Medicaid is a federal program that provides eligible military families with benefits beyond TRI..
Education Directory for Children With Special Needs
The Education Directory for Children With Special Needs is a Web-based tool that helps milita..
Marriage Enrichment Programs
With deployments and frequent relocations, military relationships can be put to the test. You'v..
Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Military Partnership
Help your kids meet new people, try new things and have fun with the Boys & Girls Clubs of ..
Parenting and Teen Stress
Teens juggle many things: fitting in at school, managing classwork and clubs, the daily tidal w..
Make a Plan to Stay in Touch with Your Service Member
Communicating with friends and family is very important for service members; a phone call or ca..
Transferring Your Professional License: What’s Involved?
Moving across the country — or around the world — can be a great adventure. Here's some hel..
Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Military Partnership
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Help your kids meet new people, try new things and have fu..
Military Couples: When Both Spouses Are Service Members
Dual-military couples have the benefit of a shared experience, a basis of strength for some mil..
Ways to Support Your Kids in Grade School
As the guardian of your family, you want to both protect your children and help them be their b..
How To Get Your Kids Away From Electronics And Out Exploring Nature
Technology isn’t always a bad thing, but more and more kids can’t tear themselves away from..
Caring for a Deployed Service Member’s Child
Caring for a child of a deployed service member is an opportunity to serve the country in a uni..
How to Successfully Communicate as a Couple
For service members, a loving, resilient marriage is both a matter of personal happiness and fa..
8 Things You Should Know Before Your Service Member Leaves for Boot Camp
This list can help you - whether you are a parent, sibling, friend, fiancé or extended family ..
Tips to Get Through a Breakup
If you're dealing with the breakup of a relationship and the demands of military training or de..
Tips for Family Caregivers
1. Learning to Manage Stress Have you experienced any of the following symptoms recently: dist..
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 they..
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..