[1] The books have also been used in the classrooms as material to promote tolerance and understanding amongst peers, and distributed to both commercial and civilian outlets.

[6] Books for Brats were early to recognize and service the "suddenly military" families of the National Guard and Reserves.

[8][9][10][11][12] She was able to obtain recommendations by many educational, medical, and child development experts[13] suggesting that her books could be utilized to explain deployment and convey coping skills to children facing separation from a parent.

Prior to her career as children's author and advocate for military brats, Ferguson-Cohen was a music industry entrepreneur[22][23] who owned an agency based in New York and London.

During her career in the entertainment industry she was involved celebrity charity events to raise funds for UK-based NGO War Child.