https://imaherotoo.org/home daily 1.0 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/30818453-a91a-47da-aa74-9fa6306ef756/navy+mom+and+son.jpg Home - Wartime is not the only sacrifice Service members routinely leave home for military professional development, advanced education, military schools, and unit training. These necessary family separations can sometimes last longer than even a wartime deployment. America’s military children deserve our support now - we should not wait for global conflicts to act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/16e9bf5c-3751-461f-a4d9-8ee85a386686/iStock-168282218.jpg Home - The mental health toll Children in military families experience high rates of mental health, trauma, and related problems. An estimated 37% of children with a deployed parent reported that they seriously worry about what could happen to their deployed caretaker. About 30% reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for 2 weeks during the past 12 months. Nearly 1 in 4 reported having considered suicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/9b690e42-7087-4d7b-9898-8aafb7e3e5fd/navy+dad+and+girl.jpg Home - Freedom isn’t free Servicemen and women routinely and repeatedly separate from their kids. Over 2 million American children have had a parent deployed at least once in recent overseas conflicts. Almost 1 million children have experienced the deployment of one or both parents multiple times during the same time period. These deployments are necessary for the safety and security of all Americans but at a cost to the families left behind - especially the children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/1a6d731b-e5eb-415b-9385-7efeacd17d1c/iStock-1037044238.jpg Home https://imaherotoo.org/childrensbook daily 0.75 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/7b28e6f3-8608-4d6c-8769-b9d775269961/Screen+Shot+2022-05-20+at+4.00.20+AM.png Children's book - I’m a Hero Too! ® I’m a Hero Too!® Is a children’s book that mentors young children and caregivers through the challenges of parental separation. The book is service agnostic and offered in two distinct versions - Daddy and Mommy. Both can be ordered from Amazon in digital form at the links below. Hardback books are currently schedules for reprint and will be available soon. Daddy Version | Mommy Version https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/8c146b62-5831-4e73-b660-c0e43dcd199f/Screen+Shot+2022-06-07+at+11.24.55+AM.png Children's book - The journey begins. The book opens with the child contemplating her emotions on the parent’s departure. Subsequent pages find the child questioning their role in the parents departure including blame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/5da1bc46-9e32-48f5-b8e6-562af7d86645/Screen+Shot+2022-06-16+at+10.28.05+AM.png Children's book - Positive thoughts. In this sample, we expose children to thoughts and feelings toward positive activities and fond memories of the absent parent. Subsequent pages offer activities to engage the parent during their separation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/cdc670ab-eeda-4284-8d30-c42f0468c3b1/Screen+Shot+2022-06-07+at+11.26.07+AM.png Children's book - The separation ends. All twelve passages culminate in the parent returning home. It provides the child an opportunity for encouraged patience by knowing the separation will end at some point and they will be reunited with their parent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62852b32da8e387065b94071/a5f53748-ea0e-4794-b120-f23fe5134107/Screen+Shot+2022-06-16+at+10.27.00+AM.png Children's book - Parental engagement. This passage gives specific examples of things to be shared with the absent parent to support and remind them of things they enjoy about their child. https://imaherotoo.org/donate daily 0.75 2023-11-12 https://imaherotoo.org/we-stand-with-ukraine daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://imaherotoo.org/our-team daily 0.75 2023-09-22