Sep 28

How to Cope with Your Dad Getting in the Navy

Phychology of a teenager. Add comments
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    Keep plenty pictures of your parent. Pictures can help us to remember people, and to share these special people with others.
     
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    Remember that he/she is away serving the country and helping out. Many people, especially since the personnel surge in Iraq and Afghanistan, don't understand deployment. Many uninformed people believe that our soldiers are being cruelly used. While this may be so in a few cases, the majority of military men and women are proud of what they do. Don't EVER let these people make you ashamed. You are part of the greatest organization in the world, the United States Armed Forces!
     
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    Keep in touch Some ships are at sea for as long as a year, so it can be tough. Catch up on things as much as possible. In this day and age, keeping in touch is easier than ever. Try setting up two free Yahoo or AOL Instant Message screen names for you and your parent to use while they are deployed. If you have the capability, you can use webcams to set up a conference with your parents every few days. Use your phone too. In many cases, family members of a deployed soldier are given calling cards, so use those. Finally, don't rule out good old fashioned snail mail. Send letters with comics of your daily life, pictures, ticket stubs, you name it! Every month or so, send a big box with cookies, new DVDs, board and card games, more pictures, cards, letters and anything else you can think of.
     
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    Stay Busy. Try to do as many fun things as you can while your parent is away. This is especially crucial in the summer months, as the absence of school makes it easy to stay home and drown in your sadness.
     
     



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