T. A. for Military Kids: The Awesome Military Kid’S Guide to Feelings

By Leslie Nelson

A 2011 Department of Defense report approximates that 44 percent of military personnel have children. T. A. for Military Kids: The Awesome Military Kids Guide to Feelings explains that it can be hard enough for kids to figure out who they are and how life works even under the best of circumstances, even more so when adding to the mix the unique challenges associated with being a military kid. This can include frequent moves, regularly adjusting to new schools and making new friends, absence of the military parent, increased family responsibilities, and re-establishing family roles when the deployed parent returns.

A kids perception of an event like deployment is often very different from an adults. Depending on their age, kids may believe they are responsible for the deployed parent going away, while this thought would never enter an adults mind. T. A. for Military Kids talks about the normal feelings all kids have and then explains the emotions experienced by military kids when faced with the events of everyday military life.

This invaluable guide helps military kids make sense of their experiences and understand that all their feelings are normal and okay, even the challenging ones. For military parents, T. A. for Military Kids makes life a little easier by encouraging kids to talk about whats going on in their heads.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inspiring Voices
• Release date: Jan 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781462408757

Leslie Nelson

Leslie Nelson is an aunt to five awesome military kids and has witnessed them experiencing all the emotions described in T. A. for Military Kids. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and readily acknowledges that writing about kids is way easier than parenting them. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Inspiring Voices rev. date: 01/09/2014

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DEDICATION (FROM LESLIE)

First and foremost, to the brave men and women in the military and their families who also serve. They understand that freedom isn’t free and they pay the price to keep us safe.

To my parents, Sharon and Jerry Nelson, thanks for teaching me so many important lessons.

To my nieces and nephews, who remind me every day not to take myself too seriously.

God bless you all.

DEDICATION (FROM STEPHANIE)

To my kiddos, David, Luke, Tyler, Joey and Kasey. You inspire me in everything I do! I love you all very much!

To my best friend and the best person I know, Chad. Thank you for every bit of support you’ve given me. We’ve created the most extraordinary thing together: our family.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I’d like to acknowledge the work of Dr. Claude Steiner who has authored numerous articles and books about Transactional Analysis (TA) and, specifically, emotional literacy. Although TA was developed by Dr. Eric Berne, Dr. Steiner made the principles of TA readily accessible to millions of people through his writing.