NPR discusses the impact for military children of their parents' long deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. The broadcast cites a study in the August 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association in which the authors conclude: "[R]ates of maltreatment are greater when the soldiers are on combat-related deployments." With tours of duty increasing, and multiple re-deployments, these patterns raise considerable concern.
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