Uniting Girls With Deployed Parents

Super Women -- Moranda and Kaylei, Uniting Girls With Deployed Parents
Aug 3rd 2009
By Lauren Fritsky


Being a teenager sucks. But being a teenager with a parent away at war really sucks.

California teens Kaylei Deakin and Moranda Hern, both 16, were feeling upset and anxious about their dads being stationed in Afghanistan. Their peers just didn't get it, and they felt alone.


Instead of wallowing, they started an inspiring project called the Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs (a play on the teen book series/movie which stands for Battle Dress Uniform, the fancy way of saying fatigues). It seeks to unite young women across California whose parents have gone to war.

Why We Love Them: Deakin and Hern, who met at a leadership conference for women, both struggled when their fathers, National Guard members, were deployed
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Uniting Girls With Deployed Parents