More than 48,000 sold! Young journal keepers will find ideas for healthy activities, encouragement for difficult days, tips for good communication, and pages to express their feelings through words and pictures. From the days of preparation before deployment, through the days of being apart, to homecoming and reunion, Deployment Journal for Kids offers encouragement and perspective, with plenty of blank pages for personal creative expression. This second edition includes: enhanced writing prompts to help children record their experiences; helpful information about each phase of deployment; practical ideas and tips for family activities and communication; new goal-setting section to encourage positive focus on personal growth during deployment; more pages dedicated to helping kids explore their emotions during deployment, with room to express feelings in words and pictures; and an expanded and updated glossary of military life and deployment, applicable to all service branches.