Alternate Kennedy Wives

It might be helpful for Bobby's ATL wife to be a bit (i.e. a hell of a lot) more involved in the parenting. Having the loosest-run household but also the most authoritarian disclipinary methods (yes, that includes the physical: "tickle tumble" is not entirely benign, and everyone manned up about it) meant that Ethel had no authority of her own over the children. After his death, the whole thing went to hell in a handbasket, which Collier documents perfectly. Jack, and to my knowledge Ted, had a much more balanced style as you probably know.


On careers: I do not see any of them becoming career military, though it is very easy to imagine Bobby as a SpecOps officer- he has the temperament, ability, build and interests, though he was never interested in a non-political career IOTL.
 
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