Big bird to the rescue?

Check out this story in today's Washington Post about a nonprofit bringing much-needed fun to kids with military parents who have been deployed:

Having given generations of shy kids someone to identify with (think Snuffleupagus) and cranky kids a way to laugh at themselves (Oscar the Grouch), Sesame Workshop is now tackling a new challenge: helping children of military families adjust to having a parent deployed at war. Read more of Sesame Street and the home front...