Friday, March 21, 2014

Collateral damage: The mental health issues facing children of veterans



Asked what he tells his children when something happens, Aaron replied, "I usually say, 'Leave me alone.' I would never intentionally harm them." Facing his daughter Abigail, Barton said, "You're my life."

The stories of veterans' lives upended by PTSD are all too familiar to us -- the struggles of their children practically unknown.


"I would get so angry," said Abigail. "I would just think, 'This is what Iraq did to my father.' I'd start blaming it on America's military, you know? I would be like, 'You guys stole my father.'

Continue Learning:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/collateral-damage-the-mental-health-issues-facing-children-of-veterans/

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