Comments on: Should I Move My High Schooler? (Ask Molly) http://armywiveslives.com/2010/07/parent-enlist-move-before-high-school-ends-2/ Military Spouse News and Views Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SSG D http://armywiveslives.com/2010/07/parent-enlist-move-before-high-school-ends-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13326 SSG D Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:07:58 +0000 http://armywiveslives.com/?p=512#comment-13326 Alrite. Lots of confusion and anticipation, anxiety, and basically every other emotion contained in one short period of time. This is normal getting ready to commit to an active duty contract. Your daughter will be able to go to school either on post or within the local community. The children there are all used to constant change, and are generally accepting of it. Most kids do very well in military families. I generally see them having better prosocial behavioral skills being they are frequently adapting to new sets of friends and schools. Any other issues relating to that Im sure will not be too tough on her. The military family is vast and always welcomes new members. Other benefits to you. Schools on military installations are almost always looking for new teachers, due to the fact that a lot of the teachers are spouses they have a high turnover rate. So perhaps your layoff may not last as long. Also most installation scholastic sports have midseason joining and or tryouts due to the fact that most students pcs at times that students are in the sports seasons. To do this find the school on your installation, they'll probably have a website, and she could even meet a "sponsor" now via email, and other things the children use, to help ease her transition. So good to see you're taking this seriously and with an open mind. Hopefully I've given you some info you could use to help you out. SSG D Alrite. Lots of confusion and anticipation, anxiety, and basically every other emotion contained in one short period of time. This is normal getting ready to commit to an active duty contract. Your daughter will be able to go to school either on post or within the local community. The children there are all used to constant change, and are generally accepting of it. Most kids do very well in military families. I generally see them having better prosocial behavioral skills being they are frequently adapting to new sets of friends and schools. Any other issues relating to that Im sure will not be too tough on her. The military family is vast and always welcomes new members. Other benefits to you. Schools on military installations are almost always looking for new teachers, due to the fact that a lot of the teachers are spouses they have a high turnover rate. So perhaps your layoff may not last as long. Also most installation scholastic sports have midseason joining and or tryouts due to the fact that most students pcs at times that students are in the sports seasons. To do this find the school on your installation, they’ll probably have a website, and she could even meet a “sponsor” now via email, and other things the children use, to help ease her transition. So good to see you’re taking this seriously and with an open mind. Hopefully I’ve given you some info you could use to help you out.

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