Growing Up In An Alcoholic Family
According to recent studies alcoholism is a disease that affects not only the addicted person but it also affects their families as well. Many children who grow up in homes where one or both parents are alcoholics or abuse alcohol will in time need to have help in sorting out all of the issues associated with a parent or parents that abuse alcohol. Sometimes children of alcoholics are physically, sexually and emotionally abused. Even when there is no outward abuse the child growing up in an alcoholic family suffers damage. Once a parent is on the road to living in an addicted state the need to drink supersedes the ability to care for the child. The children become innocent bystanders unable to make sense of their world. These children may grow
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Alcohol abuse is multigenerational-This disorder is often passed from one generation to the next; continuing the cycles of pain and misery.(Herzog,C, 2002 ).Studies are being conducted to try to figure out what kinds of abuse these children suffer. The studies want to distinguish if the abuse is different depending on what parent is the alcoholic(Stout, L 1996). The attitudes of alcoholic mothers compared to nonalcoholic mothers, tend to be less accepting, more rejecting, disciplinarian, or overprotecting, and they have a significantly greater degree of conflicting attitudes.( Post, …show more content…
A study done in this article, states that suicide attempts, acting out behaviors and conduct disorders seem to follow the list characteristics of the children from these families. Few studies were done to measure level of anxiety, self-esteem, and lack of self control, of school aged children with alcoholism in the family. (Post, P. 1998) However no matter how painful the alcoholic parent may appear to the child the pattern is likely to be repeated. (Stevens, P 2005) The literature shows that for many of these children school is the one safe place, from the confusion and tension of alcoholic homes. Safe, secure school environments may be assisting in the building of self-esteem for these children. Phyllis Post, states in the article School-age children of alcoholics and non alcoholics that,” Many children are suffering the effects of alcoholism in their families,
Alcohol abuse is multigenerational-This disorder is often passed from one generation to the next; continuing the cycles of pain and misery.(Herzog,C, 2002 ).Studies are being conducted to try to figure out what kinds of abuse these children suffer. The studies want to distinguish if the abuse is different depending on what parent is the alcoholic(Stout, L 1996). The attitudes of alcoholic mothers compared to nonalcoholic mothers, tend to be less accepting, more rejecting, disciplinarian, or overprotecting, and they have a significantly greater degree of conflicting attitudes.( Post, …show more content…
A study done in this article, states that suicide attempts, acting out behaviors and conduct disorders seem to follow the list characteristics of the children from these families. Few studies were done to measure level of anxiety, self-esteem, and lack of self control, of school aged children with alcoholism in the family. (Post, P. 1998) However no matter how painful the alcoholic parent may appear to the child the pattern is likely to be repeated. (Stevens, P 2005) The literature shows that for many of these children school is the one safe place, from the confusion and tension of alcoholic homes. Safe, secure school environments may be assisting in the building of self-esteem for these children. Phyllis Post, states in the article School-age children of alcoholics and non alcoholics that,” Many children are suffering the effects of alcoholism in their families,