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Friday, February 19, 2010

If Deployed Parents Cope Well, Teens Do Too

Teenagers whose parents are serving in the military in foreign countries can cope with the situation as long as the parent at home is coping well too, according to two new studies.

The first study from the Rand Institute found that a parent's deployment causes teens to feel stress, but the more times the parent is deployed, the less stress the child feels.

The other study was by the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute.

This study found that teens cope better if they are in a strong family system, if they are involved in activities at school, and if they believe that their parents are doing something good for their country.
Researchers found that 56 percent of the 559 teens interviewed said they were coping well or very well.
17 percent of surveyed teens said they were coping poorly or very poorly.

Separation from one's family members is just one type of childhood stress that, if not properly identified and addressed, can lead to continued problems later in life.

Labels: military, separation, stress

posted by ByParents-forParents at 12:50 AM 0 comments

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Parental Alienation: An 'Invisible' Form of Abuse

The phrase "child abuse" usually brings to mind images of children who have been beaten or severely neglected. But a different kind of abuse, one that can be just as damaging, often goes unnoticed. It's called parental alienation.

The Parental Alienation Awareness Organization defines this type of abuse as, "the mental manipulation and/or bullying of children which can result in destroying a loving and warm relationship they once shared with a parent." Sadly, parental alienation is most often the result of two ... mature adults who resort to using their children as unwitting chips in a high-stakes game of post-marital revenge. [Source: The Mississuaga News (Ontario, Canada)]

In many cases of parental alienation, the parents are so wrapped up in their personal lives and challenges that they don't realize the damage they're causing to their child - or to their relationship with their child. Parental alienation is an issue that divorced or separated parents need to be particularly aware of, though families who all live under the same roof are by no means immune to this problem.

Adolescents and teens who do not have positive relationships with their parents may be prone to a range of behavior problems and mental health concerns, including depression, substance abuse, and poor academic performance.

Labels: abuse, alienation, divorce, parenting, separation

posted by ByParents-forParents at 1:09 PM 0 comments

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