Military Children Research Paper

Military families live all across the United States and more than likely you know at least one or you, yourself, are actually a military family. In the excerpt from “Military Children and Families” by Nansook Park, Park argues that greater attention needs to be established by psychologists towards military families in order to implement more effective programs to help support military families. To support her argument, Nansook Park uses an effective amount of pathos and logos, citing credible psychological studies and along with pathos and logos, she uses ethos as well.

called her discipline “tough love”. Yeah right, my ass it wasn’t tough love. She could dissemble

Imagine at twelve years old being forced into war and having no way out. Then, quickly being dragged out and pushed back into society. Life was not easy and “normal” did not exist for Ishmael and his friends. In The Making and Unmaking of a Child Solider he shows the readers that he faced mental, physical, and emotional abuse before/after the war. Beah wants the readers to understand that life was not easy in Sierra Leone and not everybody made it out alive or sane.

Have you ever met a combat veteran? Have you ever felt their pain or experienced what they have? Well, 18 A DAY just can’t stand it. That’s the number of veterans that commit suicide every day. That is 126 suicides a week and 6552 veterans that are lost each year.

When my friends would ask me how does it feel to be a military child i would usually always respond with it's ok,because it really is nothing less nothing more,not good,not bad.Being a military child comes with advantages but it also comes with its fair share of disadvantages.Sometimes i couldn't see my life without being in the military, other times i wished i was just a regular civilian

Child solider are any children under the age of 18 who are recruited by a state or non-state armed group and used as fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes.

"Somebody being shot in front of you, or you yourself shooting somebody became just like drinking a glass of water." -Ishmael Beah. Ishmael has lived most of his childhood being a child soldier. Everywhere he goes there’s killing, as he is also forced to be doing the killing. Ishmael was only twelve years old when he was forced to join the army. Going through all the suffering he has gone through, soon he got used to the feeling, changing him. After getting forced to commit murder, it became a daily routine for him. Ishmael's situation is common throughout the world, mainly in Africa, even today. Child soldiers don’t join the army without a justified reason, and that’s something some people don’t understand. Currently there

First of all in 2003 I was born. Most of my family was there, my grandparents, my uncles and aunties, and cousins, but not my dad. The reason my dad wasn’t there for my birth is because he was in the army at the time. He couldn’t be there for most of my birthdays or holidays. I always used to ask my mom where’s my dad, but she always told me he’s serving our country.

Children all across world are being exploited as child soldiers. Everyday kids younger the age of 10 are putting their lives on the line mostly by force. ¨Over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflict. Over one million have been orphaned, over six million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma.¨(Children In Conflict). A child soldier is a child with armed forces; they’re trained to fight, cook, be porters, messengers, informant spies, etc. Countries all across the world have been using children to fight, places like the United Kingdom, Africa, and Asia lean on children to do their dirty work regardless of what laws are put

Why and how children are use for war? For hundreds of years, children have suffered many hardships during armed conflicts, and they have been especially vulnerable to being recruited, abducted or forced into joining armed groups for the sake of child soldiering. Around the world, there are more than 250,000 child soldiers deployed in active combat today. Six million child soldiers have become disabled or displaced, and two million have been killed. Armed conflict imposes huge hardship on young people living in war zones.

Military personnel are not the only ones who have to make sacrifices. The family members also have to sacrifice the time that they spend with their loved ones. Military families deserve to be shown appreciation for all of the sacrifices that they make.

My third question is “what are the mental/emotional effects of becoming a child soldier and can they become functional members of society?”

Military soldiers are held to high standards of being loyal to their country, fulfilling their duties, showing respect – especially to authority – and showing courage when faced with fear. Military parents also tend to hold their children to the same standards as well. In military families, parents’ expectations are emphasized through clear rules and discipline while still creating room for flexibility and collaboration as a family. However, children of military parents suffer emotionally which causes behavioral differences as parent soldiers are deployed and redeployed many times throughout the year for long lengths of time. Approximately, four million children living in the United States have parents on active duty or in the national reserve. Children with deployed parents tend to have a higher stress level than their peers with civilian parents. The majority of military children deal with various emotions including anger, a sense of insecurity that may lead to aggressive behavior, and must choose between rebelling or accepting the new authority structure while parents are deployed.

All people face challenges and setbacks in life. Many military children face these challenges and obstacles on a more frequent basis and at a much younger age than most children who aren't raised in this type of household. Through setting goals, passion, and being open to change, I believe that anyone can overcome any situation and become successful. As a military child, having a father in the U.S. Navy and having a Japanese mother, two of the biggest challenges I have faced in life have been moving every three years and switching between American and Japanese school systems.

The day is muggy with not a cloud in the sky. A loose Militia of young children march across a forest floor, each one carrying a massive assault rifle like a normal soldier would. The enemies are spotted and the air fills with fire and lightning while copper bullets pile up on the ground. For years, countries have been using children as soldiers to aid themselves in war. Children are taken from their families are are quickly taught to carry a gun and kill whoever the recruiter said was evil. Since these murder machines are children, people wonder if they should be given Amnesty. These children should not be given Amnesty unless under certain circumstances. In order for children to fight, they must be brainwashed. Child soldiers are aggressively