Caring for Children and Meeting Mission Needs: Experiences of Parents in Dual-Military Families

Ann Hergatt Huffman; Nora Dunbar; Victoria Van Puyvelde; Zachary P. Klinefelter; Kathrine S. Sullivan

doi:10.1080/21635781.2017.1379450

Caring for Children and Meeting Mission Needs: Experiences of Parents in Dual-Military Families

Ann Hergatt Huffman, Nora Dunbar, Victoria Van Puyvelde, Zachary P. Klinefelter, Kathrine S. Sullivan

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The military has implemented policies and programs to support military members in dealing with child care issues. The current study examines dual-military parents’ attitudes toward child care issues in the military. Using qualitative data from 17 focus groups conducted at 6 military installations, the authors review dual-military parents’ perceptions of the Family Care Plan and on-post child care services. The results suggest 3 key issues related to the Family Care Plan (organization-related stressors, care-related stressors, and noncompliance stressors) and two key issues related to on-post child care (structural obstacles to using on-post child care, and dual-military personnel strategies).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	186-197
Number of pages	12
Journal	Military Behavioral Health
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1379450
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

Child care
Family Care Plan
child care stressors
dual-military parents
military
on-post child care
qualitative

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
General Psychology

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