Storytelling: The Soldier's Child: nps_kwgmj07_2wounds

William Britt of Zimmerman, MN, 9, hides in the bushes after putting on his camo make-up. William's father is currently deployed and he says he hasn't had much fun since his father has been gone. He has become withdrawn, prone to sudden outbursts of anger and his grades in school have dropped. The effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on children have been marked and there is little help being offered to military families to deal with it.

William Britt of Zimmerman, MN, 9, hides in the bushes after putting on his camo make-up. William's father is currently deployed and he says he hasn't had much fun since his father has been gone. He has become withdrawn, prone to sudden outbursts of anger and his grades in school have dropped. The effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on children have been marked and there is little help being offered to military families to deal with it.