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Helping to prepare my younger children for brother leaving for boot camp
Any suggestions on what I can do to help prepare my under children for the up coming change that's coming?
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mine are a bit older than yours (24 - in the Navy, 16, and 9) but with my youngest, we talked about how long he would be gone based on milestones on the calender - in our case, he left shortly before Thanksgiving and we talked about how he would be gone for Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years but we would go and see him for PIR (graduation) around Daddy's birthday (Jan).
Once we had the actual PIR date - we made a calender she could cross the days off on and count down. And she wrote to him - and drew pictures for him. He did write back to her twice but we had prepared her for the possibility he might not have the chance to write but that he would LOVE hearing from her.
We bought a blue candle and we light it every night at dinner that my oldest isn't home (so during boot camp and A school and now he's in Japan) so he's at the table with us and we're thinking about him
I made sure to take photos of all the neat stuff my younger ones did and printed them out (on printer paper) and wrote the letters around them so that big brother could still see what they were up to.
I got a copy of the US Navy Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Rob Bolster for my youngest so she could see what the Navy was and learn some of the terms her brother would be using.
But basically just listen to them, answer their questions, give them a hug, acknowledge that they (and you) miss the sailor but that you're proud of them and happy for them that they are pursuing their dreams and look forward to their visits/phone calls/letters.
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