Making an appointment in the morning (We need to stick Click to enter together and fight depression) And so we have the story of tiffany klapheke, a 21yearold air force spouse and mother of three whose 22monthold daughter last week died of neglect.Tiffany told a local tv station that she was depressed and stressed because of her husband's deployment, and that she had no help taking care of her kids.Three weeks ago a friend stopped her from committing suicide, she said.But when her daughter started removing her diaper while running around the house she became frustrated, she put the little girl in her crib and ignored her cries. But it didn't.It happened in a military home.Which is enough to make me wonder what else we her fellow military spouses and servicemembers could have done to prevent the death of a toddler. Military families have an amazing array of helping professionals poised to prevent this nightmare.Since high risk behaviors like the ones in the klapheke family don't generally develop overnight, something could have been done.Her husband could have told his command team before deployment to keep an eye on her.If the servicemember or a neighbor worried about tiffany during deployment, the command could have conducted periodic home visits, a practice that is common in onbase housing.Her unit's family support group also would have called her if they knew about a problem. According to this report the home conditions were so devastating that the first responders are"Feeling a heavy impact. "That sort of environment doesn't develop over a few days.Atthe very, very least someone must have heard that child crying from her bed.Have you met a 22monthold?They aren't exactly quiet, even under good conditions.We know how thin walls can be.Surely someone would have heard or seen or even smelled that invisible baby and called the police?Child protective services?Military onesource? But none of that happened.Even though tiffany complained in this report that"Nobody took a second to ask me if there was anything they could do to help or if i needed anything and i wish they would have,"It's certainly possible that she had asked not to be contacted by her unit's family support group and now regrets(Or doesn't remember)That request.Tiffany probably wasn't the type to show up at family group meetings, either.Anyone that afflicted probably did not sign up for or read the unit emails(If they had them), so she probably didn't know about the vast bevy of resources available to help her with her children or give her mental support. Whether by choice or Pandora Charms Australia by happenstance, tiffany klapheke became invisible.So did her children. Military families value their privacy.In a past age being a military spouse meant living on base and knowing all the business of every person in a 10 Pandora Spacers Beads mile radius.But these days we have the privilege, if we so choose, of being invisible by living off base or ignoring unit functions. Yet i wonder if we the military community still have a responsibility to hunt these people down and hold them up? I don't know how we could make that work.I don't know how to find the invisible spouses of my unit if they don't want to be found.If you have any concerns about your own health or the health of your child, you should always consult with a physician or other healthcare professional.Please review the privacy policy and terms of use before using this site.Your use of the site indicates your agreement to be bound by the terms of use.
