Why do they call kids that have parents in the Military "Army Brats?"?

Answer 1

i dont know, but i am one.

Answer 2

All kids are brats at some point. The army or whatever service applies is just a way to designate said brats.

I think it is an honor to be a military brat.

Answer 3

Okay, first off, only if the parent(s) is/are in the Army are they called Army Brats. If they're in the Navy, they're Navy Brats, etc.
Secondly, it's just a term of endearment in reference to all the kids. Nothing derogatory intended at all.

Edit: jl_jack, only the highest ranking officers (command staff, colonels and above, usually with 15 plus years in the service) had anything remotely like what you mentioned, and even then, there are no 'mansions' on military bases. The base commander's quarters are the closest thing,and even those are simply nice large houses. My father was an officer, and I didn't go toHarvard or Yale, nor did we ever live in anything nicer than a standard two bedroom house on base. Again, you 'share' your unique brand of misinformation.

Answer 4

It doesn't mean they're brats. It just means kids from a military family. Usually means they've moved around a lot, and have learned to survive in an environment that changes frequently. It could also mean kids that have learned to deal with a parent or parents who are gone sometimes, or a parent who runs the household like a military base.

Answer 5

Because they have usually been running around military settings their entire lives. 'Brat' originally meant simply a child so it is used in terms like 'Army brat' or 'faculty brat' (child of a professor who grows up around the university and eventually attends school there).

Answer 6

I have a family with a lot of brats living down the street from me and they are not in the Military.

Answer 7

The term is really just for kids that have a parent or parents in the Army. I have heard the term Military Brat in relation to a kid whose parent(s) were in a different branch of the military. Anyone who uses the term "Army Brat" in reference to someone whose parent(s) isn't in the Army is ignorant, and needs to just be ignored.

Answer 8

i WAS AN army brat.i hAD A WINDOW BETWEEN PARENTS GOING TO WORK AND THE BABY SITTER'S ARRIVAL.i WOULD FOLLOW MY FATHER TO THE hanger.START HELICOPTER IN THE TOOL AREA,,,AND RUN LIKE HELK.ADVENTURE INTO TARGET TOW PLANES,,,A FEW ACCIDENTAL ,BUT SPECTACULAR FIRES..DRIVE BULLDOZERS PLAY IN ARMED VEHICLES.THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A 3 FOOT TALL KID AND TIED ME UP DAILY.WHEN I GOT OUT OF THAT I JUST RAN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.NOWADAYS BRATS CAN THROW ROCKS AT THE VETS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE BASE HOUSING,SORT OF LIKE EMULATION OF THEIR PARENTS WHO HUNT POOR PEOPLE,AND THE PARENT IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION UNTIL THEY LEAVE THE MILITARY AND ARE NOT REQUIRED TO INFORM THE CORT'S.THESE BRATS KNOCKED ME OUT AND HIT MY GIRLFRIEND SO HARD SHE DIED TWO WEEKS LATER.AND THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.JUST USE CHAIN INSTEAD OF LEATHER TO TIE THEM DOWN.AND MAKE SURE THE BABYSITTER CAN RECOGNIZE THEM.I AM A PEACE FULL PERSON WHO DID MY SERVICE.WE ARE NOT ALL BAD,BUT DANGY BANGY.AT 3 FT.LIFE IS NOT REAL.

Answer 9

Military Brat is a term of endearment. and that jokester who said that officers kids go to Harvard. LMAO hhahah. not true.. and ANYONE stationed in central america can get a housekeeper for relatively cheap.. Anywhere overseas for that matter...

Answer 10

AMMIE, you said "Anyone who uses the term "Army Brat" in reference to someone whose parent(s) isn't in the Army is ignorant, and needs to just be ignored."

then you said, oh by the way, I AM AN ARMY BRAT!!!!!!!
(wow that was comedy!)

Answer 11

I don't know why, but my husband is in the Army and it sure does make a real cute t-shirt for a 3 year old!!!!