I. INTRODUCTION
a. The Military Family
b. Topic Statement
c. Issues to be covered
d. Personal Comparison
e. Experiences sculpt our identities
f. What is a “Military Brat” – definition
g. Adapting to the lifestyle
II. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM: CREATION OF AN IDENTITY
a. Identity sculpted and influenced from birth
b. Constructed by society (our experiences/interactions with others)
c. “Military Brats” – unique identity
d. Identity Characteristics
e. EXAMPLES
f. ANALYSIS
III. THE MILITARY FAMILY: LIFE INSIDE THE COMPOUND
a. Growing up inside a “planned community”
b. Life inside the compound
c. Life outside the compound
d. EXAMPLES
e. PROS & CONS
f. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
g. ANALYSIS
IV. CHILDHOOD: BEING A PART OF THE MILITARY ROUTINE
a. The family “unit”
b. Mutual dependency
c. Relationship boundaries
d. Military upbringing
e. EXAMPLES
f. PROS & CONS
g. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
h. ANALYSIS
V. ROOTS AND GROWTH: DEFINITION OF HOME
a. Not a simple answer
b. Putting done roots – allowing room to grow
c. Relocation – a 4-step process
d. Creation of the “nomadic” lifestyle
e. Loss
f. EXAMPLES
g. PROS & CONS
h. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
i. ANALYSIS
VI. HOME ALONE: THE ABSENCE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
a. Loss of friends and family
b. Loss of status
c. Loss of security
d. Loss of identity
e. Change and constant readjustment
f. Absent parents
g. EXAMPLES
h. PROS & CONS
i. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
j. ANALYSIS
VII. ADAPT AND OVERCOME: THE CULTURE SHOCK EXPERIENCE
a. Interaction, acceptance, tolerance of different cultures
b. Cultural boundaries (respect)
c. Diversity
d. Ignorance and Innocence
e. EXAMPLES
f. PROS & CONS
g. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
h. ANALYSIS
VIII. SOCIAL ISSUES: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY
a. Life is an experience
b. Experimentation and Peer pressure
c. Vices and issues inside the compound
d. Vices and issues outside the compound
e. Depression
f. Abuse
g. Parent Harmony
h. EXAMPLES
i. PROS & CONS
j. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
k. ANALYSIS
IX. I AM AN AMERICAN: READJUSTMENT TO A “FOREIGN” LAND
a. America – the “foreign” land
b. Readjustment
c. A new identity
d. EXAMPLES
e. PROS & CONS
f. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
g. ANALYSIS
X. BECOMING AN ADULT: DEFINING MY IDENTITY
a. Identity
b. Looking back on military childhood
c. Characteristics
d. EXAMPLES
e. PROS & CONS
f. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
g. ANALYSIS
XI. DIAL 911: ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT
a. Assistance and Support
b. Military Peer Groups
c. Civilian Peer Groups
d. The Military Brat Community
XII. HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD
a. Topic comparison to the History of Childhood
XIII. CONCLUSION
a. Topic Statement
b. Issues covered
c. Conclusion
d. ANALYSIS
e. Areas of research
XIV. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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