a compulsive and uncontrollable high consumption of alcohol; it is referred to as a family disease. This is because the addiction not only harms the alcoholic but also everyone who has to live with them. Children always suffer when they share a house with an alcoholic parent. There can be a real sense of shame and they can spend a lot of time living in fear. Unfortunately‚ alcoholism is common and there are many children who find themselves in this situation. Children who grow up in homes where there
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Thakur English IV 26 October 2013 How Does Living In A Single Parent Household Affect The Child? How does a single parent household affect a child’s wellbeing? This is a question asked by many in today’s society. For the past decades‚ society indicated that in order for a child to acquire a successful household‚ it must consist of a mother and a father. It was said in order for a child to be accomplishing‚ he or she must have the presence of both parents‚ but times have changed. The present-day
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Children of alcoholic parents are not necessarily doomed to a dysfunctional existence. There are many factors that contribute to a positive or negative outcome of a child that was exposed to an alcoholic household. Some children of alcoholics may act more responsible within the family and among friends. They may cope with the alcoholism by becoming overachievers throughout school‚ and at the same time be emotionally isolated from other children and teachers. Their emotional problems may
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Not every child gets the chance to live with their grandparents. At the age of nine in the middle of third grade‚ I was given that chance. It was not my parents who gave me support‚ love‚ and a chance to be me. My life if not for my grandparents would be a mess and just like my mothers. Children are the world’s future and that is why they need to be saved and taught about life and dreams. I wrote a letter to my grandparents crying in a hidden spot explaining with all my heart why they needed
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R:Today we are gonna have a debate on whether we should live with parents after getting married. And we’ll start from Rice stating her views. R:I think we should live with our parents after getting married mainly for three reasons as following: 1. Living together with our parents enables us to take better care of the elders. Paying back what parents have given us is always an important part of our traditional virtue. The older our parents grow‚ the more they need to be cared about. It’s a responsibility
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A disability can affect how a child plays‚ learns and interact with others. Disabilities are categorised in different forms ie learning or physical. There are many different disabilities that can affect childrens developmen. Learning disabilities which affect development could be: Autism Autism is a disability which affects how a person relates and communicates with others. Children with autism find it difficult to understand facial expressions or the tone of a voice. They can feel lonely and cut
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Children Raised by Alcoholic Parents While reading “Who Are the Real Victims of Alcoholism” in my college textbook‚ I could not help but thinking of my own experiences as a child growing up with an alcoholic father. This essay was written by a student named Meredith Newmon Blanco. In her essay‚ she makes several strong claims on how children who are raised by alcoholic parents will grow up facing many troubling obstacles. Some of her examples are physical and emotional abuse‚ lack of structure
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There are many factors that can affect a baby’s growth and development before birth‚ one of these factors is drinking during pregnancy. This can cause foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). This is a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects can include physical problems with behaviour and learning. FASDs are caused by a woman drinking alcohol during pregnancy; alcohol in the mother’s blood passes to the baby through the umbilical
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Research Child Labor Abstract: Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood interferes with their ability to attend regular school‚ and that is mentally‚ physically‚ socially or morally dangerous and harmful. Child labor started around the industrial revolution. During the industrial revolution‚ Children had always worked‚ especially in farming. But factory work was hard. A child with a factory job might work 12 to
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Alcoholic Parents Of the many figures in a child’s life‚ parents are certainly an important figure to look up to and to learn from. All human beings have their flaws. When alcoholism is one of the major flaws in one’s life‚ it can have a major effect on a child. Alcohol can break up marriages‚ damage family relationships‚ affect jobs‚ affect health‚ and harm children. Therefore‚ what causes someone to become an alcoholic? Scientists and researchers are dumbfounded because there is not a definite
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