Young people have problems enough without the fear that members of their family may be killed in combat. And although some Forces personnel are on their way home from the war in the Gulf, many are still out in Iraq and could be there for some time yet.
Youth workers for the British Forces Youth Service (BFYS) have been dealing with the anxieties and, in some cases, severe behaviour changes among young people who have family members serving in Iraq. In one case a normally stable teenage boy, whose father was in the Gulf, suddenly became extremely aggressive and began smashing windows on the army base where he lived.
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