Highlights
Healthy, Happy, Ready
Healthy eating and physical activities that are fun for the whole family!
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Welcome Families!
Military life can be challenging, but your family is strong. Here are ways to talk, listen, and connect.
Tell Me Why
Routines help bring stability to a military life filled with changes. Reading a story before bed is one of the very best routines to help children go to sleep.
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Military Life
Temporary Duty
Tips for staying connected during military assignments and travel.
Military Homecomings
Prepare your family for reunions.
Military to Civilian Life
Transition out of the military, navigate change, and start your new adventure.
Transitions In Health Care
Working with medical providers, you can keep your family healthy & happy as they adjust to new spaces & faces.
Relocation
Make moving a positive experience for your military children.
Deployments
Develop strategies for coping with pre-deployments and deployments.
Everyday Wellness
Everyday Parenting
The resources on this page offer practical tips for stronger family connections and ideas to help support their family’s emotional well-being, as well as their own.
Healthy, Happy, Ready
The resources on this page offer ideas for healthy eating and physical activity that are fun for the whole family.
Learning & Growing Together
Navigating—and making the best of—change and uncertainty.
Family and Community Bonds
The resources on this page will help families discover ways to connect with one another and with their larger community.
Birthdays
Make every birthday special no matter where you are.
Routines
Maintain a sense of comfort through military changes.
Self-Expression
Encourage your children to let out their feelings.
Help and Healing
Injuries: Long-Term Caregiving
Injuries can affect routines & responsibilities, but family teamwork can help you face these changes.
Note: the following topics deal with sensitive subjects. We recommend that you preview this content before using it with your child.
Injuries: Rehabilitation
Establish a “new normal” after physical or mental injuries.
Grief
Help your military family cope after the death of a loved one.
More resources on MilitaryOneSource.mil and SesameWorkshop.org
Access these additional support materials that help all families of military service build the skills they need to be resilient.