Parenting Through a PCS — Caregiver Resources and Tips

Discover self-care tips and resources, including support from military and family life counselors, that can help you ease the challenge of PCSing with a family, including addressing emotions of family members, coping with your own feelings around leaving friends and community, sorting through the stressors of moving to a new installation and more.

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Resources

Listeners can find more information and support to help with PCS stress at the following:

• Installation Military and Family Support Centers
• Chill Drills mobile app
• Address That Stress non-medical counseling options
• PCS and Military Moves resources
• Follow These Stress Relief Tips article on Military OneSource
• Strengthening Family and Community Bonds With Sesame Street for Military Families podcast
• Military and family life counselor locator tool

Parents and caregivers can also seek on-installation support through service-specific advisors:

• Navy Ombudsman
• Army Family Readiness Support Advisor
• Air Force Key Support Liaisons (formerally known as Key Spouses)
• Marine Corp Family Readiness Officer