Military Family Life

Who Gets Your Diluted Version? And Why That Question Matters More Than You Think

Who Gets Your Diluted Version? And Why That Question Matters More Than You Think For the Parents Who Run Out of Themselves by 6pm There’s a version of you the world sees -the composed one, the capable one, the one who can hold it together even when you’re running on fumes. And then there’s the […]

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Traditions That Welcome Everyone: Supporting Neurodivergent Children in Family Gatherings

In Part 1, we talked about what makes “coming home” complex for military families. Now: how to support neurodivergent children when you get there. Holiday gatherings often come with unspoken scripts – how children “should” behave, how quickly gifts “should” be opened, how warmly relatives “should” be greeted. But for neurodivergent children, especially those growing

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Traditions That Welcome Everyone: Coming “Home” for the Holidays

A Different Kind of Homecoming for Military Families For military families, the question “Are you going home for the holidays?” carries layers of complexity that civilians rarely understand.When someone asks if you’re “excited to come home for Christmas,” the word home can land differently for military families. After years of PCS moves, temporary housing, deployments,

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