Mentors Help Kids Whose Fathers Are at War (AP)
 

AP - You rarely see Marines embrace. Yet Lynne Gilstrap, principal at the Mary Fay Pendleton School at this Marine base, has seen it happen when troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan. They have every reason to let their emotions flow after missions that were protracted and sometimes scary. But there's more to it than that — they're greeting surrogate dads who stepped in to guide their kids while they were gone.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}Click Here to Launch in a new Window