June 26, 2025

The Intersection of Military Life and Family Care

The Intersection of Military Life and Family Care

Send us a text In this episode of the Parenting Adult Children podcast, host James Moffitt speaks with Jonathan Knaul, a veteran and test pilot, about his experiences in caregiving for his parents. They discuss the challenges of balancing military life with family responsibilities, the emotional toll of caregiving, and the importance of planning for end-of-life decisions. Want to be a guest on ABCs of Parenting Adult Children? Send James Moffitt a message on PodMatch, here: https://www....

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In this episode of the Parenting Adult Children podcast, host James Moffitt speaks with Jonathan Knaul, a veteran and test pilot, about his experiences in caregiving for his parents. They discuss the challenges of balancing military life with family responsibilities, the emotional toll of caregiving, and the importance of planning for end-of-life decisions. 

Want to be a guest on ABCs of Parenting Adult Children? Send James Moffitt a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/parentingadultchildren

 

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Author / Test Pilot / Brother / son

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Jonathan Knaul served 33 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as a tactical helicopter pilot and as a test pilot. He holds a PhD in Chemical & Materials Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston and is a graduate of EPNER—the French Ministry of Defense Test Pilot School. Jonathan is the author of several journal and magazine articles, including two features in Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine that describe his deployments as a CAF helicopter pilot in Kosovo and as a commander in Afghanistan. While caring for his mother in Toronto, and subsequently, he held a senior director position with Canadensys Aerospace Corporation, a remarkable Toronto-based space exploration company. As of 2023, Jonathan is privileged to have returned to the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, California, where he works at his passion as a test pilot instructor alongside a band of very talented and wonderful people. He lives a short drive south of Mojave, in Palmdale, California.