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Military Children

Military Children Program Transcript

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BETSY FLANIGAN: I think the effect of military life on our children-- when we lived on a military post, we were very happy with the military schools. And there didn't seem to be a problem with adjustment there. So that was good. As soon as you arrived at a post, you were welcomed at a coffee or lunch. And you got to meet everybody.

Everybody was very helpful. You could exchange names for babysitting, that kind of thing. So it was very supportive. There were different activities for the children. There were youth activities.

And there was a post nursery. The children didn't know whose rank somebody else's parent was, but also, you lived in quarters only with people of your same rank. So even in the school, everything would be everybody about the same.

Later, we move to a civilian community. And that was just civilian schools. And again, because so many people were military or retired military, I don't think they stood out. And as far as psychologically, I think that the temperament of a career military officer, which is what Desmond was, is a very somewhat rigid and somewhat unbending.

And so that definitely had an effect on the children. I think some of them rebelled. And that was hard for us to understand. It's finally come around circle that now that they're older and we can discuss things, they kind of understand some things. And we feel really bad about certain things.

But they also are very kind to us and say, well, we had good times too, but it was challenging, definitely challenging.

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