MilSpouse Life
Inside: Learn some of the best books for military kids during deployment. Plus, 3 different ways to read to military kids to help them make sense of deployment. The Military Wife and Mom is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, which means if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I may make a small [...]
Military Kids
How to Help Your MilKid Adjust to a New School After a PCS
Inside: Learn 6 ways to help your military child adjust to a new school after a military PCS move. Plus, grab this PCS checklist for changing schools with military kids. After a few years here, your family has finally settled into school. The kids have dear, sweet friends. They are involved in sports, Girl or Boy Scouts and clubs after [...]
How to Make Your Own Daddy Doll for Military Kids (Tutorial)
Inside: Learn how to make your own daddy doll for military kids. Under $5 cost. Perfect for military kids going through deployment. I love the military but deployments aren’t easy on anyone. Not the service member, not the spouse left behind, and definitely not the kids left at home without their mommy or daddy. We read military [...]
9 Free Educational Resources and Programs for Military Kids
Inside this post: Learn 9 free educational resources for military kids that will help support your child's education through all the ups and downs of military life. The K-12 journey is tough enough. When military families factor in just how often we move -- 10 times more often than civilian peers -- that process can become [...]
10 Books That Will Help Military Kids Prepare for Their Next PCS Move
Inside this post: Help military kids cope with their next PCS move through books and storytelling. This list of moving books for military kids can help them prepare, process and understand. Moving is hard. It's as simple as that. It seems that no matter how many PCS seasons I've been through, I still encounter the same overwhelming [...]
Dear Teacher of Military Children
Inside this post: Part two of the military kids education series. Find part one here -- The Ultimate PCS Checklist for Military Kids Changing Schools. Dear Teacher of Military Children, I'm writing to you because you have special kiddos in your care. You have military children in your class, and there are a few things that you [...]
21 Things You May Experience Having a Baby With a Service Member
When husband and I were pregnant with our first baby together, we received orders to Iwakuni, Japan. The time table in which my husband was set to report to his new duty station was almost immediately after my due date. This meant, more than likely, he would move ahead of me and I would follow 6-8 weeks later or as soon as the [...]
The Ultimate PCS Checklist for Changing Schools With Military Kids
Inside this post: Grab a free printable PCS checklist for changing schools with military kids. Learn step-by-step what military families need to know before moving kids to a new school. I had that sinking feeling as I rolled into the parking lot. Something was missing. I knew it wasn't the kids. After three separate checks of the [...]
5 Genius Tricks That Make Traveling with Military Kids Easy
At seven months pregnant, I waddled over to my empty red suitcase and flipped it open. My eyes glanced over at the pile of clean laundry sitting in a basket to the left. To the right, toys and toiletries sat in another pile. I sat there for a moment staring at the mounds of belongings that needed to fit into one (very small looking) [...]
7 Survival Tips to Help Your Military Child Adjust to a New School
We moved from Oklahoma to Texas because my husband was selected to be a MTI. As a military family, we were ready to move: we had been at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma for 5 years. But I worried about my daughter--a military child. She had gone to school in Oklahoma from Kindergarten to Third Grade. It was the only school she knew. My son [...]
