Children with Parent Substance Abuse

In recent reports, it stated that about 50% of all U.S. children come from homes of parent who are alcoholics, smokers, and drug users. It shows that children of substance abusers are more likely will become one themselves. Statistics have shown that these adults are three times more likely to abuse their children and four times more likely to neglect them than parents who do not abuse alcohol or drugs or use tobacco. About 35.6 million U.S. children live in a home where a parent or other adult uses tobacco, drinks heavily or uses illicit drugs. About 37% of U.S. children live with an adult who smoke tobacco, 24% with a binge or heavy drinker and 12.7% in a household where a parent or other adult uses illicit drugs. As you may see, the large portion of the children in the U.S. is indirectly influenced into using drug and drink due to poor parenting. Parents who are substance abusers give bad examples to their children when they are supposed to be role-model. It just a shame how some of these children could make a better life of themselves if they weren’t exposes to these substances at a young age.

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