New Program Finds Quality, Affordable Child Care for Military Families
New program expands ways to find quality, affordable child care for military families. “The waitlists at the CDC are so...
Children’s Authors Draw on their Military Family Experiences in New Books
For aspiring book authors, the book publishing industry has been notoriously difficult. However, many military spouses have found success publishing...
Milkid Mailkit: Bringing Back the Lost Art of Pen Pals
One military spouse created a way to connect military kids the old fashion way through a mailbox and handwritten letters. The...
How OUR MILITARY KIDS is Bringing Fun Back to Our Kids
See Inside Empty dance studios. Darkened classrooms and gyms. Quiet soccer fields. These are unexpected consequences of the pandemic and...
Purple Up During a Pandemic: Celebrating Military Kids During COVID
April 2021 brings new hope to the end of the global pandemic, but for most schools, this month is still...
Keeping Promises: Moms Unite to Protect the Rights of Military Children in Special Education
See this and more inside the December issue of Military Spouse Magazine! Navy spouse Michelle Norman is like any other...
The Lost Military Kids: Educated in Isolation
Military kids and their parents share their school experiences during the pandemic. Fourteen year old Josh wakes up slowly, blinking...
The Disrupted Education of Military Kids During COVID19
Summer time represents nearly 260,000 military moves across the United States and around the globe - if this was a...
Moving Through a Pandemic: Ideas for Connecting Military Kids After a PCS
Moving during a pandemic is not for the weak. Moving every few years in general is hard, but moving with...
10 Reasons to be Thankful for Military Kids
I’m feeling thankful. Maybe because I know orders are on the horizon and there is “change” in the air. Or...
Military-Kid Friendly Schools Come in Different Shades of Purple
When our families are faced with another move, our first thoughts usually race to finding the perfect place to live....
Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) and Military Kids
The other caring adult in school parents might not know about. Parents have a go-to list of people they can...
Military Kid to College Kid: Finding Support for Your College-bound Student
Your military kids have conquered the unthinkable. They’ve successfully navigated six to nine schools changes over the course of their...
An After School Club That Has a Unique Membership Requirement: Must Be a Military Kid
The end of day bell rings at my daughter’s elementary school. I look around the temporarily empty multipurpose and think I’m...
Is My Child Ready For Kindergarten?
By Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman Kindergarten is a magical year. Eager little ones will adorn an oversized backpack with a matching lunch...
The Warrior Games Greatest Cheerleader
Being a military spouse usually requires some level of cheerleading through the peaks and valley’s of military life. Whether it’s...
Surviving the Dreaded Transition from Middle School to High School as a Milkid
The transition from middle school to high school can be abrupt and stressful for many students. For military-connected students, this...
‘Tis the Season: Preparing Military Kids for Changing Schools
The season has arrived for military kids around globe – the PCS season. For military-connected students, this time of year...
