The average military child changes school six to nine times before they graduate high school, according to MaryBeth Goodman, the clinic director at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Alaska Behavioral Health.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - From moving every few years to having parents deploying out of the country, adaptability is a common skill set for military children.However, just because military children are used to changes, it does not mean they are immune to the impacts, according to Goodman, the clinic director at theGoodman said in the Alaska clinics, 42% of their clients are youth, or those under age 18. The clinic services anyone who has served in the military and their loved ones.
According to Goodman, the average military child changes school six to nine times before they graduate high school. These kids, she said, understand change and often undergo life experiences that most children in the civilian world have not. “Typically when we see a military kiddo who is expressing the need to talk to someone, we take it incredibly seriously because they’ve already endured so much and they might be closer to that breaking point than a civilian child,” Goodman said.
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