Step families are common among military families, the long deployments and the stress that is causes is not something that many can handle alone. It …show more content…
This can cause the military children to rebel or the Ex to try to take the kids from the step parent. The rights for a step parent in a military family are much more complicated, the biological parent needs to make sure that there are such things are power of attorney in place so that the step parent has the right to authorize medical care, and emergency care, registering children for school or even extracurricular activities (hall 2008). Deployments can also add tension to the new parent if it is not a situation that is familiar to them (first deployment). They may feel that it is okay to discuss adult fears with the children, especially if they have been through it before. It is not fair to discuss adult fears with the kids or expect them to take on the duties of the deployed spouse (hall 2008). The may not understand that this puts added stress on to the children. Even though they may be looking for guidance or help from them since it is something that they have been through in the