[rlmorel]

I have always found it odd that there are certain people who think referring to children as “kids” is somehow demeaning.

I guess that WOULD strike me as odd, given that I grew up as a military brat, and I have never known a military brat who did anything other than wear that moniker as a badge of honor!

[Allegra]

I agree. I, too spent my entire youth through to college as a military brat.

There were five of us and sometimes Dad called us "Brats from the Deep Lagoon."

"Brat" was not derogatory in our family. ;-)