Discussion

Jenny Brown Also this is for all versions of lois not just current ones and I will list down military brat traits and lois lovers and lois neutrals and fellow haters can make arguments for why she does or doesn't have them minus the fact that she knows multiple languages and self defense I can't really think of any characteristics she has that scream military brat

Jenny Brown Ending up in service related career eg:military service, teaching,counseling,police,nursing,foreign service work or work that is more independent eg:self employed and avoidance of direct subservience to authority figures specifically careers that are artistic or creative and for military brats who did choose to go into the service there was a tendency to go through a phase of bucking or testing authority

Jenny Brown Struggle to develop or maintain deep lasting relationships and feel like outsiders to civilian culture because of the transitory can hinder potential for constructing concrete relationships with people and developing emotional attachments for specific places difficultly settling down in one place and has a desire to move every few years or the opposite and refuse any opportunities to move every again

Jenny Brown Stresses of having a parent in a active war zone and also the psychological aftermath of war in dealing with returning veteran parents in some cases there is also the loss of a parent in combat or a drastically. Change in a parent due to combat related disability a military brat may know a peer whose parents have become casualties a significant number of ex military brats show symptoms of ptsd, avoidant personality disorder and separation anxiety disorder

Jenny Brown Resilient personalities exceptional social skills high level of multicultural or international awareness proficiency in foreign languages adaptability

Jenny Brown Militarization of family unit eg: children being treated to some degree like soldiers and being subjected to military regimentation inclusion into a warrior code of honor and service frequent exposure to patriotic ideas and symbols experience of free medical care (military brats receive tricare intil the age range of of 23 to 25)military discipline and if parent is in army raised with the 7 army values also known as ldrship which stand for loyalty duty respect selfless service honor integrity and personal courage

Jenny Brown Familiarity of use of meters and kilometers( referred to as clicks in military slang)of military slang and acronyms

Jenny Brown Having military privileges revoked at age of 21 or 23 if they go to college

Jenny Brown Perfectionist tendencies and learning how to let go in areas of personal performance or on the flip side military brats who struggled with perfectionism and performance control issues also describe themselves as being successful in there lives

Jenny Brown Military bases have a tendency to promote conformity and the towns on these bases are self contained and operate on government subsidies so there is either a feeling of comfort or sense of restriction