Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Parenting and Children's Resilience in Military Families: A Twenty-First Century Perspective; Introduction; References; Chapter 2: The Impact of Military Life on Young Children and Their Parents; Introduction; Socio-Emotional Development Within the Context of Early Relationships; Research on the Impact of Deployment on Children's Adjustment; Health Care Utilization; Child Adjustment as a Function of Age; Child Adjustment Across the Deployment Cycle; Parental Mental Health; Parent-Child Difficulties During Deployment

Maintaining Communication The Attachment Relationship; Parenting Practices; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Parenting School-Age Children and Adolescents Through Military Deployments; Introduction; What Do We Know About Parenting School-Age Children and Adolescents?; How Might These Stressors Affect Parent-Child Relationships?; What Parenting/Parent-Child Relationship Factors May Protect or Buffer Military Youth During Times of Stress?; What Do We Know About Parent-Child Relationships and Communication? Results from One Study; Study Overview and Sample

Analysis 1: Parent-Child Communication Parent-Child Communication; General Stress; Deployment- and Reintegration-Related Stress; Interparental Marital Problems; Analysis 2: Family Functioning; Analysis 3: Deployment and Reintegration Experiences; Analysis 4: Parenting Challenges; Study Summary; What Questions Still Remain About Parenting School-Age and Adolescent Children in Military Families?; References; Chapter 4: Placing Fatherhood Back in the Study and Treatment of Military Fathers; Evolving Fatherhood Within an Evolving Military; Father-Absence Models of Military Fathers

Placing Fatherhood Back in the Study of Military Fathers A Family-Stress Model and Military Fathers; Preventive Intervention for Military Families and Fathers; Father-Focused Strategies for Military Fathers; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Military Mothers; Introduction; Challenges Faced by Women in the UK Armed Forces; Women in the UK Armed Forces; Women's Roles in the UK Armed Forces Since the First World War; Current Status of Women in the UK Armed Forces; Motherhood in the UK Armed Forces; Military Versus Motherhood Demands; Military Demand: Mission Readiness

Physical Demands for New Mothers Emotional Demands for New Mothers: Adopting Dual Identities; Military Demand: Relocation; Military Demand: Deployment; Maternal Separation Anxiety; Deployment Length; The Potential Impact of Combat Exposure on Deployed Mothers; Postdeployment Stress: Reintegration into Family Life; Military Demand: Retention; Childcare and Perceived Support; Seeking Support; Relationship Status; Concerns for Single Military Mothers; Concerns for Married Military Mothers; Summary; References