Military Families

Introduction

Serving in the military is an honorable career also a challenge. Military families face a number of challenges of military life from having to deal with the logistics of frequent transfers to the emotional trauma of deployments. In addition, military personnel need deal with everyday issues such as balancing work and family life, and managing personal finances. Military families exist in almost all communities. Some parents in the military can be on active duty and wear their uniform every day. Other parents may belong to National Guard or Reserves Army and only wear a uniform when called to service or active during certain periods. Such families often experience stress. The military parent should face periodic absences and stress associated with transitions such as preparing for the service or re-integrate into civilian life.

Discussion

Children of military families experience challenges with the service of Parent:

The parent may be absent from the family and, in some cases, in risky due to deployment.

Children must adapt to return of the father and his reinstatement in the family.

A number of military children face transitions such as frequent moves, changes in school and adapt to new caregivers.

The spouse, partner or member, may face additional and greater responsibilities while the military parent is absent. All this can add stress to the family unit and make the already difficult task of raising the children even more difficult.

History of Military Families

The ratio of military to family life is an old, battered social theme. How can the army, with its strict discipline, combat readiness, the frequent movement and long service with the desire to own a home, family and children. The solution remained the same for thousands of years, which is to rely on bachelors (McCarroll, 1395). In the early American republic, and the interaction of military family life came from the professional code of the European officers of the XVIII century. Junior ranks never married, while, on the informal rules, the senior officer corps had the chance. This order was firmly adhered to, and the American army consisted mostly of single men. Prior to 1942, for example, those men were forbidden to engage in the U.S. military service who had wives and children. Among the officers of high rank, marriage was delayed until 30-35 years, and often married the daughters of senior officers, i.e., within their circle. At the same time, the existence of large-scale in size of military forces exacerbated the problem of family life of soldiers and officers.

In the postwar years, there has been a turn for reestablishing family values, safe houses, which should serve as an example of democratic life in a democratic society. Sociologist stressed the universality of the nuclear family, with a clear division of labor by sex. Psychologists talked about the needs of children in the tenderness of a long and caring mother, which depends on the formation of personality, character and mental health (Karney, 63). In this regard, experts drew attention to the fact that a woman, who is trying ...