T. A. for Military Kids , livre ebook

Inspiring Voices - Leslie Nelson

Découvre YouScribe en t'inscrivant gratuitement

Je m'inscris

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

38 pages

English

Vous pourrez modifier la taille du texte de cet ouvrage

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

A propos
Informations
Extrait

Description

A 2011 Department of Defense report approximates that 44 percent of military personnel have children. T. A. for Military Kids: The Awesome Military Kids Guide to Feelings explains that it can be hard enough for kids to figure out who they are and how life works even under the best of circumstances, even more so when adding to the mix the unique challenges associated with being a military kid. This can include frequent moves, regularly adjusting to new schools and making new friends, absence of the military parent, increased family responsibilities, and re-establishing family roles when the deployed parent returns.A kids perception of an event like deployment is often very different from an adults. Depending on their age, kids may believe they are responsible for the deployed parent going away, while this thought would never enter an adults mind. T. A. for Military Kids talks about the normal feelings all kids have and then explains the emotions experienced by military kids when faced with the events of everyday military life. This invaluable guide helps military kids make sense of their experiences and understand that all their feelings are normal and okay, even the challenging ones. For military parents, T. A. for Military Kids makes life a little easier by encouraging kids to talk about whats going on in their heads.

Sujets

Children's

Informations

Publié par	Inspiring Voices
Date de parution	10 janvier 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781462408757
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

Informations légales : prix de location à la page 0,0240€. Cette information est donnée uniquement à titre indicatif conformément à la législation en vigueur.

Extrait

Copyright © 2014 Leslie Nelson.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Inspiring Voices books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

Inspiring Voices
1663 Liberty Drive
Bloomington, IN 47403
www.inspiringvoices.com
1 (866) 697-5313

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

ISBN: 978-1-4624-0874-0 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-0875-7 (e)

Inspiring Voices rev. date: 01/09/2014

DEDICATION (FROM LESLIE)
First and foremost, to the brave men and women in the military and their families who also serve. They understand that freedom isn’t free and they pay the price to keep us safe.
To my parents, Sharon and Jerry Nelson, thanks for teaching me so many important le ssons.
To my nieces and nephews, who remind me every day not to take myself too seri ously.
God bless yo u all.

DEDICATION (FROM STEPHANIE)
To my kiddos, David, Luke, Tyler, Joey and Kasey. You inspire me in everything I do! I love you all very much!
To my best friend and the best person I know, Chad. Thank you for every bit of support you’ve given me. We’ve created the most extraordinary thing together: our f amily.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to acknowledge the work of Dr. Claude Steiner who has authored numerous articles and books about Transactional Analysis (TA) and, specifically, emotional literacy. Although TA was developed by Dr. Eric Berne, Dr. Steiner made the principles of TA readily accessible to millions of people through his writing. He first coined the terms “warm fuzzy” and “cold prickly” in 1969 in the children’s fable A Warm Fuzzy Tale.
I’d also like to acknowledge the writings of Alvyn M. Freed, Ph.D. Dr. Freed brought the concept of TA to life for children and teens in such books as T. A. for Tots and Other Prinzes and T.A. for Teens.
A huge thank you to the illustrator, and my sister-in-law, Stephanie Nelson. I can’t draw so without her the book would be filled with stick people with misshapen heads! Stephanie also read the draft and made suggestions; as a military mom, her input was inval uable.
To everyone at Inspiring Voices Publishing who made this book possible, thank you, thank you, than k you!

INTRODUCTION
T. A. for Military Kids is intended to help military kids understand common feelings associated with being a kid and, more specifically, to identify feelings that accompany the unique aspects of being a military kid. It’s designed to be read to the child by an adult, preferably a parent, and to stimulate a frank discussion with the child about his/her experiences and feelings as a military kid. There are questions posed throughout the pages that will help kids think about what goes on inside their heads and to understand that their thoughts and feelings are normal. The questions also raise topics that kids may be hesitant to discuss, particularly with their parents, or that they may not have the language to describe. Another important use of questions in general: with all kids, particularly younger ones, asking questions when they are upset or angry can help distract their minds, having a refocusing and calming effect.