Report Says Military Children Ending Up With Poor Health, Grades

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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An extremely elaborative study conducted by military ombudsman, Pierre Daigle, has deduced that strain of seemingly never-ending conflict overseas in the past two decades has consequently resulted in permanent damage to the children and spouses of Canadian Forces members. The latest report released on Tuesday concluded that health and the grades of children are among the most affected areas, especially to children of those deployed to Afghanistan, Haiti or other trouble spots around the world.

The 89-page report mentions that “from a health perspective, children of deployed military members were found to experience physical issues, including increased stress, sleeping problems and more than double the rate of occurrence of other ailments compared to similar children within the civilian population.” It explains that “families and providers/supporters repeatedly conveyed situations of healthy children becoming sick during deployments.” The report found out that children of military officers commonly feel isolated and misunderstood. Issues related to the education of their children was cited as “one of the dominant reasons for CF members leaving the military.”

The study conducted over a period of 14-months interviewed a total of 370 current and former military families across the country, ultimately reaching conclusion that children’s worries about parents in war zones distracted them from their studies. It said that “families also noted that academic performance is generally impacted by the prevalence of extended deployments to locations such as Afghanistan.” She added that “this is corroborated by scientific research, which shows that military children experiencing deployment test substantially lower than their civilian counterparts in a range of subjects.”