| | 1. Can’t Tell You What My Mom Does
Chana Joffe-Walt
The Al Zubaiki boys used to keep their mom’s job a secret. She was an interpreter for the American troops in Iraq. 11 year-old Mohammed says if he told people where his mom went every day “we would get blown up.” The family now has moved to US to live in safety. What is it like to move from Iraq to Auburn? We look at how the kids are settling in.
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 Broadcast Monday, June 16, 2008
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Mohammed Al-Zubaidi moved from Iraq to Auburn |
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| | 2. A Parent Deployed
Chana Joffe-Walt
Deployed soldiers have more access to the internet and phones in these wars than ever before. How has all that communication changed the deployed parent/child relationship? Is it really possible to parent from a war? We take a look at the emails and/or phone calls of one Yelm teenager and her deployed dad.
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 Broadcast Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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Megan Deschenes' Dad Returns Home After 3rd Deployment |
| | 3. Support from the Schools
Jennifer Wing
Having a parent away is stressful for kids. Some schools are working hard to reach out to these children to let them know they are not alone. At one elementary school near Fort Lewis, the kids of deployed parents meet once a week in the library to compare notes and share their feelings.
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Broadcast Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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The Deployment Group at Chloe Clark Elementary
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| | 4. An Iraqi Child Turns American
Chana Joffe-Walt
Hamoody Jouda was shot in the face by Sunni insurgents. A Washington state based non-profit brought the 3 year-old to the US for surgery. Two years later, Hamoody has forgotten his parents, Arabic and Iraq. And his American parents want to keep him.
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Broadcast Thursday, June 19, 2008
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Hamoody Jouda came to the US after he was shot in the face in Baghdad.
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| | 5. Listeners Respond
Jennifer Wing
This week we've been running a series about how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are affecting the lives of families and children here in the Northwest. Now it's time to hear from you. How these conflicts are changing YOUR life, if at all. KPLU's Jennifer Wing shares some of your responses.
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Broadcast Friday, June 20, 2008
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