Children From Alcoholic Families

Children of alcoholic families grow up without a normal childhood. They live in a nearly constant state of fear, confusion, embarrassment, guilt and shame. They often keep friends from the home because they fear exposing the family's shameful secret. Children of alcoholic families also may sometimes be tired in school or absent because of the turmoil and violence in the alcohol-afflicted home.

There is evidence that alcohol plays an important role in many cases of child abuse and neglect. Vi...