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5 Tips to Prepare Your Child for a PCS

5 Tips to Prepare Your Child for a PCS

The orders come telling you it’s time to move…again. Your heart fills with anxiety and anticipation, all at once. So much to do to get ready! So much to pack! How in the world did we accumulate so much stuff? Your mind is spinning with a to-do list that keeps growing with each new thought and idea.

How will I get it all done?

But wait! There is one very important item to add to your agenda—your child.

Caring for Siblings of Special Needs Children

Caring for Siblings of Special Needs Children

Parenting can be hard in any situation, but especially when you have a child with special needs. Sometimes, siblings of special needs children can feel left out or neglected, which makes it important for parents to strike a balance between being attentive to their special needs child and caring for their other children as well.

Here are four ways to care for siblings of special needs children.

Parenting is More than Macaroni

Parenting is More than Macaroni

Kids create cute artwork with macaroni noodles. They learn to count with it. They string elbow macaroni on yarn to wear as necklaces around their neck. And of course, they love to chow on macaroni and cheese lunches.

Life for a child can seem as simple as macaroni, but parenting these little darlings is not so easy and carefree. For us, it’s much more than macaroni.  Parenting gets complicated, demanding, exhausting, and is often a thankless job with little recognition for all the hard work and sleepless nights you put into it.

How to Stay Connected Despite the Distance

How to Stay Connected Despite the Distance

Little hands find deployments and the strain of distance as difficult to grasp as adult hands. Many times, children don’t always comprehend the why or reasoning behind a loved one being away.

My duty and privileges as a step-mother are to provide assurance, protection, support, and love for little hands. My husband had two children prior to our marriage; a step-daughter who is 9 and step-son who is 4.

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