Kin and Country: Growing up as an Armed Forces child

Summary: A report for the UK Children’s Commissioner on growing up as an Armed Forces child. It suggests that a number of changes could support Service children, including: the MOD raising awareness of policies among parents and school staff to minimise school disruption; more action needed when moving support for children between local authorities; the need to place siblings in the same school where appropriate; Service children’s voices should be heard when making deployment decisions; to avoid deployment of both parents when both are serving personnel; to provide a strategy for emotional support, particularly for teenagers and the on-going need for better data collection and identification of Service children.