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By Janine

Tips For Holding Your Military Family Together

Filed Under: BLOG, Family Life Tagged With: Military Family Advice

If your significant other serves in the military, then holding your family together in their absence can be a challenging ordeal. Things could be difficult when they are home also.

Many family units can experience significant strain at certain points, but for the military kind, these pressures may be felt more intensely. Help may also feel like it is in shorter supply, and several of the problems encountered may stir feelings of isolation too.

To help you in all this, you will find some tips for holding your military family together below.

Military Family Advice

Secure Your Homes More Easily

It might be that a great deal of travel will be undertaken as a military family. It can be disorientating. Having a quick way to purchase your home could help make these matters more manageable. Resources such as Hero Loans could help in these situations, enabling active military personnel to secure property with $0 down payments with great rates and no Private Mortgage insurance. This is because they are backed by the Department of Veteran Affairs, and thus give lenders confidence. You can apply in minutes and close in as little as 14 days also.

It is also worth considering these services for when your veteran partner retires also. They will still be eligible for the use of VA loans then, which means you may be able to refinance to free up some funds for interior design or home decorating efforts. You could also alternatively relocate to relax in your twilight years. Big changes such as these may help your military family stay strong through the years.

Sensitively Discuss Military Experiences

Sadly some veterans even feel embarrassed and ashamed to detail their experiences, and may struggle to articulate them for family members. Try to counter this by nurturing a family-wide dialogue where all these problems can be sensitively discussed. In doing this, you may begin to create a loving support network.

This environment may also benefit you and other family members in addition to your military partner. Those who remain behind might each have their own fears and concerns also, so being able to share and express one another’s unfiltered thoughts and feelings may be essential in holding your military family together.

Try to be Proactive

Try not to surrender to any sense of hopelessness. Any effort you make to stay proactive and productive could likely pay off in some capacity. Perhaps you could nurture family friendships, or explore exciting new career opportunities where new people can enter your life? Alternatively, you could seek out the assistance of support groups, and immerse yourself in a caring community of like-minded individuals.

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About Janine

Janine is a published author of the books, The Mother of All Meltdowns and Only Trollops Shave Above the Knee. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, Mamapedia, Today Parenting Team and SheKnows. She also runs her own graphic design company at J9 Designs.

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