- That children have to grow up in homes with parental alcohol problems is an invisible and silent crisis worldwide.* As their parents cannot provide shelter and often basic support, also society is failing to protect and promote the rights of these children.
- In the United States, more than 10% of children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
- In the EU, 9 million children grow up with parents who have alcohol problems.
- There are 2.6 million children of school age living with parental alcohol problems in the UK alone.
- In Australia 1 million children live in households with at least one adult being addicted.
- The number of children living in homes that are ravaged by alcohol problems sky-rockets considering the countries around the world that are currently not even measuring the issue
- Negative impacts on children due to parents’ alcohol use are of epidemic proportions and a real crisis. All available evidence shows that the problem is massive:*
- In the United States, mothers convicted of child abuse are 3 times more likely to be alcoholics and fathers are 10 times more likely to be alcoholics.
- More than 50% of all confirmed abuse reports and 75% of child deaths involve the use of alcohol or other drugs by a parent.
- USA: 13% of child abusers are under the influence of alcohol.
- Europe: 16% of all cases of child abuse and neglect are alcohol-related.
- Alcohol is a major factor in domestic violence. Children are more likely to develop aggressive tendencies where there is a lack of parental monitoring, or where parents provide aggressive role models.
- Alcohol fuels and exacerbates child maltreatment, and physical and sexual abuse
- Children were 52% more likely to have anxiety or depression when both parents regularly consumed alcohol.
- Children of Alcoholics…
- Don’t Trust
- Don’t Talk
- Don’t Feel (National Association of Children of Alcoholics)
For complete research go to Children of Alcohol-Facts-and-explanation (movendi.ngo)