Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families (Risk and Resilience in Military and Veteran Families)

This reference examines the wide-ranging impact of military life on families, parenting, and child development. It examines the complex family needs of this diverse population, especially as familiar issues such as trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse manifest differently than in civilian life. Expert contributors review findings on deployed mothers, active-duty fathers, and other military parents while offering evidence for interventions and prevention programs to enhance children’s healthy adjustment in this highly structured yet uncertain context. Its emphasis on resource and policy improvements keeps the book focused on the evolution of military families in the face of future change and challenges. Included in the coverage: * Impacts of military life on young children and their parents. Parenting school-age children and adolescents through military deployments. * Parenting in military families faced with combat-related injury, illness, or death. * The special case of civilian service members: supporting parents in the National Guard and Reserves. * Interventions to support and strengthen parenting in military families: state of the evidence. * Military parenting in the digital age: existing practices, new possibilities. Addressing a major need in family and parenting studies, __Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Military Families__ is necessary reading for scholars and practitioners interested in parenting and military family research. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Parenting and Children’s Resilience in Military Families: A Twenty-First Century Perspective....Pages 1-9 The Impact of Military Life on Young Children and Their Parents....Pages 11-26 Parenting School-Age Children and Adolescents Through Military Deployments....Pages 27-45 Placing Fatherhood Back in the Study and Treatment of Military Fathers....Pages 47-63 Military Mothers....Pages 65-92 The Special Case of Civilian Service Members: Supporting Parents in the National Guard and Reserves....Pages 93-107 Parents’ Childhood Exposures to Traumatic Events and Current Functioning in Military Families....Pages 109-129 Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Military Families....Pages 131-150 Parenting in Military Families Faced with Combat-Related Injury, Illness, or Death....Pages 151-173 Parenting and the Military: The Case of Israel....Pages 175-194 Interventions to Support and Strengthen Parenting in Military Families: State of the Evidence....Pages 195-212 Prevention and Treatment for Parents of Young Children in Military Families....Pages 213-227 Evidence-Based Parenting Programs for School-Aged Children....Pages 229-250 Parenting Programs and Supports for Teens in Military Families....Pages 251-264 Military Parenting in the Digital Age: Existing Practices, New Possibilities....Pages 265-282 How do Military Family Policies Influence Parenting Resources Available to Families?....Pages 283-297 Conclusions and a Research Agenda for Parenting in Military Families....Pages 299-306 Back Matter....Pages 307-316 "This reference examines the wide-ranging impact of military life on families, parenting, and child development. It examines the complex family needs of this diverse population, especially as familiar issues such as trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse manifest differently than in civilian life. Expert contributors review findings on deployed mothers, active-duty fathers, and other military parents while offering evidence for interventions and prevention programs to enhance children’s healthy adjustment in this highly structured yet uncertain context. Its emphasis on resource and policy improvements keeps the book focused on the evolution of military families in the face of future change and challenges."--Provided by publisher Examines the wide-ranging impact of military life on families, parenting, and child development. Illuminating the complex family needs of this diverse population, especially as familiar issues such as trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse that manifest differently than in civilian life. Reviews findings on deployed mothers, active-duty fathers, and other military parents while offering evidence for interventions and prevention programs to enhance children's healthy adjustment in this highly structured yet uncertain context. Emphasizes resource and policy improvements focusing on the evolution of military families in the face of future change and challenges