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New Sesame military special to air December 27 Sesame Workshop expands Military Families Initiative with a primetime special, "When Parents are Deployed" hosted by Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and premiering December 27 at 9 pm eastern on PBS Courtesy
of Sesame Workshop
The half-hour television special, entitled When Parents are Deployed, will be hosted by Academy Award winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr., premiering Wednesday, December 27 at 9pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings). Sesame Workshop recently launched a partnership with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, with additional support from The New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) and Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC), to create an educational outreach program titled, Talk, Listen, Connect: Helping Families During Military Deployment.The program was created to assist the children of the military cope with the enormous separation anxiety they face when a parent is called to duty. A total of 385,000 Talk, Listen, Connect kits will be distributed. The entire kit is also available on-line at www.sesameworkshop.org/tlc. The website also provides a music clip of the song "Proud" sung by Elmo and his dad. This clip can be sent electronically to a loved one accompanied by a special text message.
When Parents Are Deployed reveals candid and intimate moments with the parents, caregivers and children impacted by deployment. They express how they are coping with the daily stress and fears associated with having a parent depart for military duty, and how families deal with that member when they return home after serving their country. As the holidays can be a very difficult time for military families, Sesame Workshop saw this special as way to illustrate how this group of Americans is managing during times of extended separation.
"Military families give so much to community and country," said Patricia Harrison, CPB President and CEO. "The demands of military life can be especially hard on children who are separated from their Mom and Dad during the holiday season. CPB is proud to help our troops and their families through our support of When Parents Are Deployed." When Parents Are Deployed was made possible by CPB and portions of the special were contributed by Wal-Mart as part of their support of Talk, Listen, Connect.
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While
interviewing the military families who were included in Talk, Listen,
Connect, Sesame Workshop producers were continually impressed by
the families' selflessness and sense of duty. Out of this admiration
and respect came the idea to make their stories available for all
Americans to see. With funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB), Sesame Workshop created When Parents Are Deployed, geared
to military parents and caregivers. 
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