Family structure systems may be affected by disruptive events in life such as divorce, domestic violence, severe illness, parental alcohol abuse, and deployment/separations. In 2001, there were nearly more than one-million U.S children who had a military parent deployed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The deployment of a parent can cause many issues for the child and the at-home parent. With deployment comes many changes and adjustments in a child’s live; if a parent and child do not have a secure attachment, the child will have a tremendous difficult time adjusting to the process. Children whose parents are deployed have higher risk of having anxiety, depression, health problems, academic problems, and feel emotionally stressed. Parental
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Military life can be very stressful in particularly for the children due to the long absence of their deployed parent. According to Lowe, the deployment process it self tends to be the most stressful for the military family, it affects every individual in the family and the anxiety levels tend to be extremely high. The parent who is departing not only worries about departing but has many responsibilities to do before leaving, such as “having home in order, finances properly allocated, bills sorted, children’s schedules arranged, must have prepared a will, and be mentally, emotionally, and physically prepared to say goodbye to their immediate and extended family upon deployment.” (Lowe, 18) For the family members who stay such as the children and mother; have a difficult time adjusting and the time of deployment can seem like an eternity. The mother or parent who stays at home goes from having a partner to becoming a single parent during the period of …show more content…
He wanted to measure the time away from home and see if it correlated to the attachment impact of the child. Lowe conducted this study with 30 female parents, these females’ participated by completing different questionnaire’s that measured, parenting relationship, parenting stress, time away from home (from military parent), and service length. The study found that those mothers who revealed to have a military partner who has severed for a longer term, tend to have less stress within the parent-child relationship. In contrast to those who did not have much experience with their partner deployments, had a much higher level of parental distress. “Attachment bonds may become more insecure when parental figures (both deployed or at home) become unavailable or unresponsive” (Lowe, 24) Lowe also concludes that children may experience a sense of loss regarding the “relationship they once shared with their parents, insecurity, and decreased feelings of trust and greater lengths of deployment are associated with more risk of attachment problems.” (25) If the issue of attachment is not addressed these children will struggle with attachment issues their entire
Military life can be very stressful in particularly for the children due to the long absence of their deployed parent. According to Lowe, the deployment process it self tends to be the most stressful for the military family, it affects every individual in the family and the anxiety levels tend to be extremely high. The parent who is departing not only worries about departing but has many responsibilities to do before leaving, such as “having home in order, finances properly allocated, bills sorted, children’s schedules arranged, must have prepared a will, and be mentally, emotionally, and physically prepared to say goodbye to their immediate and extended family upon deployment.” (Lowe, 18) For the family members who stay such as the children and mother; have a difficult time adjusting and the time of deployment can seem like an eternity. The mother or parent who stays at home goes from having a partner to becoming a single parent during the period of …show more content…
He wanted to measure the time away from home and see if it correlated to the attachment impact of the child. Lowe conducted this study with 30 female parents, these females’ participated by completing different questionnaire’s that measured, parenting relationship, parenting stress, time away from home (from military parent), and service length. The study found that those mothers who revealed to have a military partner who has severed for a longer term, tend to have less stress within the parent-child relationship. In contrast to those who did not have much experience with their partner deployments, had a much higher level of parental distress. “Attachment bonds may become more insecure when parental figures (both deployed or at home) become unavailable or unresponsive” (Lowe, 24) Lowe also concludes that children may experience a sense of loss regarding the “relationship they once shared with their parents, insecurity, and decreased feelings of trust and greater lengths of deployment are associated with more risk of attachment problems.” (25) If the issue of attachment is not addressed these children will struggle with attachment issues their entire