The 2022-2023 school year started with a twist at our house. The school our kids have attended for the last two years decided to switch their uniform policy and only allow uniforms …
Topic: Young Children
Halloween: Military Community Tradition
Depending on your duty station and how obsessed your community is about Halloween, celebrating on base can be a lot of fun for the whole family. Usually, weeks before Halloween you will …
Creative Ways To Entertain Kids Indoors
I am all for being outside with our children. Most of our best family memories have taken place outdoors. Our son was born at Fort Hood, and while the summers were brutally …
The School Liaison Office Knows
As a parent watching my children inch ever closer to the perilous cliff of adulthood, I realize how unimaginably impossible and mind-boggling it seems to forge a child into a productive member …
Preparing Military Kids for Holiday Travel
If you’re like many military families, going home for the holidays is much more complicated than going “over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house.” It’s more like going over …
Summer Habits That Prepare Kids for School
Ahhh, summer — the perfect season for kids to relax and take a break from all things school-related. Summer vacation is a time when parents don’t bother enforcing limits on screen time …