Recently my friend brought something to my attention that stopped me in my educational tracks - and heightened my overall awareness to new levels. I've always fancied myself a conscientious educator, but let me ask you a question, how well are we serving the needs of children who's parents are on deployment? After over two decades of service, I felt a dear friend of mine is qualified to answer so I asked her to be a guest on my blog and share her thoughts. I'm thankful she agreed. "The military children of today are dealing with so many uncertainties....beginning with unscheduled deployments. Generally a sailor will begin a "work-up" cycle before deploying...meaning training out to sea for short periods of ...during this time...the children learn to adjust without the parent. The remaining parent also learns to balance household/parenting/work without the help of the other parent. It becomes a crazy balancing act....and my husband and I jok
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