Working away from home, military and otherwise, and parenting

In this episode, Emma and Sara, along with guest Lucas, army brat and former army reservist, answer a question from a listener who is wondering how separations from her young child due to her military service might impact him over time. Lucas offers insights from his own experience, and Emma and Sara cite extensive research on the wellbeing of children in military families, and how separations from kids in other lines of work are often quite similar unless a military family member is deployed.

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References:

Bonney, J. F., & Gaffney, M. A. (2001). Internalizing and externalizing behavior of children with enlisted Navy mothers experiencing military-induced separation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(4), 464–471. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200104000-00016

Briggs-Gowan, M. J., Greene, C., Ford, J., Clark, R., McCarthy, K. J., & Carter, A. S. (2019). Adverse impact of multiple separations or loss of primary caregivers on young children. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), 1646965. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1646965

Cunitz, K., Dölitzsch, C., Kösters, M., Willmund, G.-D., Zimmermann, P., Bühler, A. H., Fegert, J. M., Ziegenhain, U., & Kölch, M. (2019). Parental military deployment as risk factor for children’s mental health: A meta-analytical review. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 13(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-019-0287-y

Howard, K., Martin, A., Berlin, L. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2011). Early mother–child separation, parenting, and child well-being in Early Head Start families. Attachment & Human Development, 13(1), 5–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2010.488119

Kelly, M. L., Herzog-Simmer, P. A., & Harris, M. A. (1994). Effects of Military-Induced Separation on the Parenting Stress and Family Functioning of Deploying Mothers. Military Psychology, 6(2), 125–138. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327876mp0602_4

Miltary.com. (2011, September 30). Deployment: Your Children and Separation. https://www.military.com/spouse/military-deployment/deployment-children-and-separation.html

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network. (n.d.). Children with Traumatic Separation: Information for Professionals [Fact Sheet]. https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/children_with_traumatic_separation_professionals.pdf

Williams, A., Richmond, R., Khalid-Khan, S., Reddy, P., Groll, D., Rühland, L., & Cramm, H. (2023). Mental health of Canadian children growing up in military families: The parent perspective. Acta Psychologica, 235, 103887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103887

Williamson, V., Stevelink, S. A. M., Da Silva, E., & Fear, N. T. (2018). A systematic review of wellbeing in children: A comparison of military and civilian families. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 12(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-018-0252-1