I support military wives choices to either remain at their duty station during a deployment or an unaccompanied tour. There are some who prefer to stay behind and there are those who prefer to stay with family for support. For me I can handle it either way, but during those favorite times of the year I don't want to be "left behind". So for those times we go home to be with family.
There is definately an advantage to being a professional mom and a homeschooling family. I can stop and start as I need too. We can pack up and move our lives as we need.
