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How to Help Kids Relocate in Defence Families
How to Help Kids Relocate in Defence Families
Learn how to help kids relocate with gentle, practical support for Defence, FIFO and emergency-service families facing a move or posting with confidence. Read more...
How to Answer Deployment Questions from Kids
How to Answer Deployment Questions from Kids
Learn how to answer deployment questions with calm, honest words that help defence-connected children feel safe, heard and close to their parent at home. Read more...
When Should Kids Discuss Deployment at Home?
When Should Kids Discuss Deployment at Home?
When should kids discuss deployment? Gentle, age-appropriate advice to help defence children prepare for time apart, questions and connection at home. Read more...
Best Parenting Tools During Deployment for ADF Families
Best Parenting Tools During Deployment for ADF Families
Find the best parenting tools during deployment for ADF families, from storybooks and routines to honest conversations that help children feel secure. Read more...
Picture Books vs Social Stories for Kids
Picture Books vs Social Stories for Kids
Picture books vs social stories - learn which suits deployments, postings and big feelings, and how to choose the right support for your child. Read more...
What New Zealand Defence Families Need
What New Zealand Defence Families Need
New Zealand defence families face unique challenges. Learn what helps children feel secure, heard and supported through absences and change. Read more...
7 Top Tools for Posted Families
7 Top Tools for Posted Families
Explore top tools for posted families, from books and routines to connection ideas that help children feel secure, heard and supported. Read more...
ADF Books for Children That Truly Help
ADF Books for Children That Truly Help
ADF books for children can help kids make sense of postings, deployments and change with simple, caring stories made for defence family life. Read more...
12 Examples of Posting Transition Activities
12 Examples of Posting Transition Activities
12 examples of posting transition activities to help ADF children feel prepared, heard and supported through a family move with calm and care. Read more...
ADF Families vs FIFO Families
ADF Families vs FIFO Families
ADF families vs FIFO families - what is shared, what is different, and how to support children through separation, change and uncertainty well. Read more...
Deployment Stories vs Social Stories
Deployment Stories vs Social Stories
Deployment stories vs social stories - learn which suits ADF families, how each helps children cope, and when a tailored book can matter most. Read more...
How to Support Military Toddlers Well
How to Support Military Toddlers Well
Learn how to support military toddlers with simple, practical ways to ease separation, big feelings and routine changes in Defence family life. Read more...