Speaking in the House of Commons, MP Claire Perry asked defence minister Andrew Robathan to look at the "huge impact" combat stress has on families.
She said: "May I ask the minister to continue to recognise the wider impact of combat stress, particularly on army families? Combat stress has a huge impact on the wives, children and husbands of serving armed forces members."
She added that she had recently been to the launch of a new charity in Tidworth, dedicated to supporting the children of men and women killed while serving with the British armed forces.
Scotty's Little Soldiers has been created by Nichola Scott after her husband Corporal Lee Scott was killed in Afghanistan last year.
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