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10 pages in length. Alcoholism affects many more people than just the one who drinks; the impact alcoholism has upon immediate family, friends and coworkers can be just as much -- if not more -- burdensome than the influence it has on the alcoholic. Children of alcoholics are particularly prone to feeling the damaging impact inherent to alcoholism, which can set the stage for a life of alcohol-related behaviors and disorders. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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-- burdensome than the influence it has on the alcoholic. Children of alcoholics are particularly prone to feeling the damaging impact inherent to alcoholism, which can set the
stage for a life of alcohol-related behaviors and disorders. II. BIRTH Long before he is even out of the womb, the baby
of an alcohol abuser has already had to fight for his life. During the developmental months, a fetus consumes all that the mother consumes -- including every drop of
alcohol. Once born, the infant begins a life of alcohol-related problems, such as learning disorders, social difficulties, myriad health problems and the likelihood of hereditary alcoholism.
As the infant grows into the toddler stage, an intoxicated parent is not going to be the proper role model. Birth until three years of
age are considered the most impressionable in a child; watching his parents in a constant state of drunkenness will bring him to the conclusion that this is the normal way
of life. He will not know to question whether that is the case or not, because that will be all he has ever been exposed to. As he
grows to realize it is his family displaying the dysfunctional behavior and not that of his friends, he will then begin to feel different from his peers.
The childs mental and emotional health is at risk with an alcoholic parent. Patience is not a primary characteristic among alcoholics, yet it is the
number one requirement of a new parent. As a result, the toddler adjustment is affected by the lack of a good quality parent-child relationship (Brook et al #2, 1996).
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