From today's Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) Blog:
Mobile Devices Bring Sesame Street’s Message of Resilience to Military Families
Posted by Lynn Chwatsky, Sesame Workshop vice president of Outreach Initiatives and Partners on October 4, 2012
Lynn Chwatsky has been overseeing the Sesame Workshop’s initiatives with military families since 2006.
When we think about the challenges of military life, we sometimes forget the transitions the youngest members of our military families go through. Our service members’ young children are faced with a number of uniquely difficult circumstances: repeated relocation, the deployment of a parent, homecomings, injuries, even the death of a parent – to name a few. For years, Sesame Workshop has been providing resources that help both military parents and their children stay resilient during those trying transitions. Now, those bilingual (English and Spanish) resources are available on our new, free military families mobile application.
The “Sesame Street for Military Families” app includes videos, articles, storybooks and caregiver guides on how parents and children can communicate and express their emotions about challenging transitions.
Sesame Workshop has long been dedicated to the well-being of military families and their children. We reach out to families wherever they are: online, on mobile devices, even on the road. Our partnership with the USO, which brings “The Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families”to thousands of families around the world, has provided infinite smiles and messages of love and support...(continues)
Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) Blog
So once again, military families do not rank a position on Mitt's "laundry list" !!!