Forgotten victims

No Child Left Behind Newsweek
More than 1,200 U.S. kids have lost a parent in Iraq or Afghanistan.

"The Army has never been very good at talking about death—especially when it comes to children. But with a fighting force that is increasingly made up of parents—43.5 percent of all service people have children—the U.S. military is realizing it needs to offer more to grieving families than a folded flag and a package of death benefits. "

"The children have often been the forgotten mourners," explains Vicki Jay, executive director of Rays of Hope, a children's grief center in Texas....