Xanthe's World

Some people wonder what the fuss is about military children. They have at least one working parent (even if deployed), one parent at home (...

I’ve talked a lot here about how important sensitive teachers are to the school experiences of military children, whose frequent moves and p...

“Injury to a parent is a major threat to children of all ages and a challenge for even the most resilient of military familie s.”  So says t...

Update to today's post:  Here is the itemized draft proposal from the Commission, as relates to the DoD budget: Apply the overhead sa...

A disturbing story hit my inbox this morning about a new study from the  National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform .  The eigh...

I’ve written before about the program Our Military Kids (a link appears lower right on this page), but here is a heartening video about one ...

“Children become readers on the laps of their parents.”  I heard this sentiment last evening at the Storybook Ball, the  annual fundraising ...