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RAND surveyed 1,500 youth (applicants to the Association’s Operation Purple® summer camps ranging in age from 11 to 17), as well as each subject’s non-deployed parent at home.  \nThe study found that rates of anxiety among military children—as well as emotional and behavioral difficulties—are higher than the national averages, and that longer periods of parental deployment exacerbated these challenges.  \nThe study also found that the majority of military families are healthy and coping well with the challenges of deployment. And for those youth and families struggling, the study offers hope and cites specific areas of opportunity to strengthen military families.  \nTen Things Military Teens Want You to Know  \nEach summer, the National Military Family Association’s Operation Purple® program provides a free week of camp for thousands of military youth who have a parent serving in the Uniformed Services. We ask them to tell us the best and hardest parts about military life in a popular activity called the Top Ten list. The messages in this toolkit summarize what they’ve said over the past few years.  \nThe National Military Family Association created this kit to give the people in military teens’ lives—teachers, school counselors, coaches, community or religious youth group leaders, neighbors, family friends, or relatives—a way to help them manage stress and affirm the positive aspects of military life.  \nWhat we hear repeatedly from military teens is that they need people in their community to know what they’re going through.  \nThe best thing you can do for a military teen is know who they are and be there when they need someone to talk to.  \n2 | © 2010 National Military Family Association Toolkit  \n1. SERVICE  \n“Being a military kid teaches you to be strong.”  \nStrength, perseverance, and sacrifice are words we associate with our troops. And these are the same traits we see in military teens. They send care packages to their military parents when they are fighting overseas. They take on new tasks when situations change in their families. They grow up with a sense of community and service to country.  \nAlthough they do it for their family, they’re also sustaining their service member for America. Celebrate their achievements. Recognize their efforts to the country. Use these strategies as an opportunity to empower all youth and the valuable contributions they can make in their communities:  \nWe serve, too.  \nResources:  \nNational Military Family Association’s Operation Purple® Camps. Visit [www. MilitaryFamily.org](www. MilitaryFamily.org) for more information.  \nBoys & Girls Clubs of America Military Support—with more than 350 military youth centers around the world, this is a place where military teens can feel at home, no matter where that is. Visit [www. bgca. org/partners/military](www. bgca. org/partners/military for more)[ for more](www. bgca. org/partners/military for more) information.  \nAdditional resources on this topic can be found at  \n[www. MilitaryFamily. org/toolkit-service](www. MilitaryFamily. org/toolkit-service).  \n• Celebrate the Month of the Military Child in April. A month of celebration in recognition of the children of service members for the daily sacrifices they make in supporting their military loved ones.  \n• Support legislation that provides new opportunities for military youth.  \n• Make military teens feel welcome when they move to your neighborhood.  \n• Listen to their concerns and discuss their worries.  \n• Show your appreciation for their family’s service by getting involved.  \nAlong with offering a simple “thankyou” to the service members and their families, you can offer to take a responsibility off of their hands, become a pen pal, or volunteer to organize a ca","cbCaijYhCK4scAlW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijYhCK4scAlW","pdf",877201,13,"English","# Introduction\n## Ten Things Military Teens Want You to Know\n# 1. SERVICE\n## Key messages and strategies\n# 2. 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