(CNN) -- In Pennsylvania, Tyler Dix, a 16-year-old movie buff, is wide awake by 7 a.m. to cook breakfast for his younger siblings. 

Moranda Hern and Kaylei Deakin started Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs, or battle dress uniforms. 

In Georgia, Tucker Simmons, a 14-year old novice guitarist, prepares ice packs for his mother whenever her chronic lower back pain kicks in. 

In California, Kaylei Deakin, an avid 17-year old rock climber, disciplines her little sisters when they act out. 

Tyler, Tucker and Kaylei are three teenagers from across the country who have very different interests, but one experience that bonds them: They grew up fast -- sometimes too quickly -- to fill the shoes of mom or dad when their parent was shipped off to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

As the death toll from the two wars has risen over the last eight years, the fight has also affected a growing number of children left at home to cope without a parent. 

Whether it's raising their siblings or getting an after-school job, teens with parents in the military feel pressure to step up. 

"These teens are expected to take on the responsibility the deployed parent used to take care of," said Mary Carolyn Voght, director of programs for Our Military Kids, a nonprofit organization that provides support to children with a deployed parent in the National Guard. "There's usually the expectation that they will pitch in and help out more." 

More than 30,000 teens between 12 and 18 have at least one parent in the National Guard deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who has a passion for film?
2. Who is movie obsessed?
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Q2:
1. How did Tyler Dix grow up?
2. What was life like for Tyler Dix growing up?
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Q3:
1. What is Tyler Dix's age?
2. How old is Tyler Dix?
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Q4:
1. Does Tyler Dix reside in the United States?
2. Does Tyler Dix live in the US?
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Q5:
1. What state does Tyler Dix live in?
2. Where in the US does Tyler Dix reside?
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Q6:
1. What time does Tyler Dix wake up?
2. What is Tyler Dix's wake up time in the morning?
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Q7:
1. Does Tyler Dix have tasks when he gets up for the day?
2. Does Tyler Dix do anything when he gets up?
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Q8:
1. Who feels pressure to help out around the house?
2. Who knows it is their job to step up?
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Q9:
1. How do the children of deployed parents step up?
2. What do the kids of soldiers abroad do to help out around the hosue?
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Q10:
1. Are there teens other than Tyler Dix that help out?
2. Do teens besides Tyler Dix lend their parents a hand?
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Q11:
1. Who does the article mention that helps out around the house?
2. Who are the teens in the article that are stepping up?
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Q12:
1. What does Tucker do to help out around the house?
2. What is Tucker doing to step up?
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