Research carried out by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children's Fund concluded that, though only 16 per cent of 1,302 people surveyed thought service children are "significantly affected by their parent being deployed to a warzone", the problems suffered by service children are much more serious than people think.
The report, The Overlooked Casualties of Conflict, said among the challenges faced by services children were: worrying when a parent is away in a war zone; readjusting to their return; regularly moving school; and dealing with a parent's death.
The report added that concern about a parent being away in a war zone could manifest itself in changes in the child's behaviour, such as being more emotional, having sleeping problems, having tantrums or being more argumentative.
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