Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Family Life in the military
2. Housing
3. Having a baby
4. Adoption
5. Disabilities
6. Child Care and Pre-school
7. Education and disruptions in schooling
8. Special Needs
9. Overseas schools
10. Moving and coping with frequent moves
11. Family separation and deployment
12. Finances, taxes and financial difficulties
13. Employment
14. Coping with death
15. Health care and insurance
16. Coping with stress
17. Substance Abuse
18. Domestic Violence
19. Coping with emergencies
Resources
Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott is a clinical therapist with a twenty-year
track record of counseling services specializing in trauma care,
post traumatic stress, and traumatic brain-injury treatment for
wounded, ill, and injured service members and their families. As a
senior consultant, under the Office of the Secretary of Defense,
she is part of a team that seeks innovative and proactive ways to
enhance resources and services to military members and their
families. She recently participated in the corporate mission,
vision, and implementation of projects for the Department of
Defense to align current and future strategic plans and objectives.
Her past positions include the Deputy Program Manager for the
Recovery Care Coordination program nationwide for wounded, ill and
injured service members and their families.
Don Philpott is editor of International Homeland Security Journal
and has been writing, reporting, and broadcasting on international
events, trouble spots, and major news stories for almost forty
years. For twenty years he was a senior correspondent with Press
Association-Reuters, the wire service, and traveled the world on
assignments including Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Israel, South
Africa, and Asia. He writes for magazines and newspapers in the
United States and Europe and is a regular contributor to radio and
television programs on security and other issues. He is the author
of more than 120 books on a wide range of subjects and has had more
than five thousand articles printed in publications around the
world. His recent books include Military Finances, Life after the
Military, Military Mental Health Care, Terror—Is America Safe?,
Workplace Violence Prevention, and the Education Facility Security
Handbook.
Jeff Scott, LtCol., is a 26-year prior enlisted United States
Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel who has held various leadership
positions throughout his service with the most recent being the
Commanding Officer of the world's first operational F-35 Lightning
II Joint Strike Fighter squadron. In addition to being the first
operational F-35 pilot and commander, LtCol Scott has received
formal service training on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
as part of his leadership training and has mentored many Marines
and families. LtCol Scott has also served with senior leadership at
the Pentagon.
There is no doubt that a career in the military poses many
challenges for families, especially those with young children. In
this stellar offering, clinical therapist Lawhorne-Scott, marine
corps lieutenant colonel Jeff Scott, and writer Don Philpott give
readers a helpful guide to navigating the many demands military
families face, such as frequent moves, the loss of friends,
deployment, and even the risk of death. The text not only offers a
supportive manual to psychological concerns ('what to expect from
your children during postdeployment'), but covers such secondary
issues as the underemployment of military spouses and dealing with
schooling disruptions. Lastly, the book serves as a directory to
military services within the context of government benefits (DEERS
enrollment, TRICARE health care, and Family Separation Allowances).
VERDICT This book should be available to all families who make
ongoing sacrifices for our country. Unequivocally recommended.
*Library Journal, Starred Review*
Forty percent of military personnel are parents—eight percent are
single parents—confronting challenges far beyond those typically
faced in child rearing. Children in military families must cope
with multiple deployments, reintegration, and the threat of combat
injuries and death. They may face frequent moves and the
accompanying loss of friends and interruptions in schooling.
Military life can also present challenges in housing, child care,
and unemployment and underemployment of military spouses. The
authors present solid information on child services offered by the
Department of Veterans Affairs and other resources, including
information on helping children with disabilities and special needs
as well as overseas schools and homeschooling. They cover myriad
family issues, from taxes and finances to adequate insurance
coverage, from counseling for addiction and domestic violence to
the secrets of maintaining strong and healthy family relationships.
This is a helpful guide aimed at the special challenges of military
families.
*Booklist*
OUTSTANDING!!! This is a book that should be read by all, it covers
topics that military members deal with on a daily basis. We have
been a military family for over 10 years and some of that was as a
dual active duty family, and the topics in this book are "spot on"
in dealing with military life. The authors capture the nooks and
crannies of the military lifestyle along with the trials and
tribulations the entire family endures while defending this great
nation.
*Adrienne Meelarp, USMC Reserves (Major)*
This guide offers a straight forward approach and lays out what
every military family needs to know about the vast networks and
resources offered throughout the service. It pulls together what
took me almost two decades to learn all into one place in a manner
that even the newest military family can easily grasp.
*Conrad R. Carvajal, GySgt/USMC (Ret.)*
Raising Children in the Military is a firsthand example and
testament of courage, honor, and growing wisdom in the today’s
sometimes challenging and harsh world military families endure.
This powerful book guides us through the tender real life
challenges military families encounter and provides heartfelt and
real life examples of how to navigate the sometimes uncharted and
not so easily remedied life of raising a child(ren) in the
military. It’s every word rings with truth and is an example of the
military and American spirit.
*Jordan Michael Hall, BSN, CCM*
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