For Parents One of the greatest challenges of parenting is discipline. Most of us believe that we will discipline our children the way we were disciplined. One disadvantage of our forward-deployed families, however, is that we lack most of the extended family support we would have if we lived near our original homes. Another challenge for some families is that they are geographically single-parent families due to deployments. This increases the burden for one parent and can also lead to leniency and inconsistency in discipline when the deployed parent returns.
Single parents have an even more difficult job of parenting.
Each of these factors also has its own emotional impact on the child. There are as many different ways to raise children as there are parents. No single way is correct for every child. There are some underlying ideas which may help us understand how children view discipline. Always keep your cool.