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Do children of a young age who's parents die because of alcoholism cause the children to become an alcoholics?
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∙ 13y ago
It may happen, it depends on how the children were raised up.
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If your parents are alcoholics, are you a lot more likely to develop alcoholism?
Yes, if both your parents are alcoholics, you are a lot more likely to develop alcoholism. You can change your lifestyle to avoid alcohol, join a support group such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or consult with a therapist.
What are the chances of an alcoholics children drinking?
Alcoholism has a strong genetic component. In addition to that, the example of parents drinking and the trauma associated with living in an alcoholic household make it even more likely that children of alcoholics will drink, and that they will become addicted if they do.
What has the author Melissa Steinberg written?
Melissa Steinberg has written: 'Stages of healing' -- subject(s): Adult children of alcoholics, Alcoholism, Alcoholism counseling, Child of Impaired Parents, Counseling, Methods, Psychology
How do you use predisposition in a sentence?
1.With both of his parents being alcoholics, he had a predisposition to alcoholism. 2.Being overweight and a smoker gave her a predisposition to heart disease.
What has the author Philip Oliver-Diaz written?
Philip Oliver-Diaz has written: '12 steps to self-parenting' -- subject(s): Adult children of alcoholics, Religious life, Self, Twelve-step programs, Self Concept, Child of Impaired Parents, Religion, Alcoholism, Psychology
What has the author Maxine B Rosenberg written?
Maxine B. Rosenberg has written: 'Living with a single parent' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Single-parent families, Children of single parents 'Not my family' -- subject(s): Attitudes, Family relationships, Alcoholics, Adult children of alcoholics, Children of alcoholics, Enfants d'alcooliques, Alcooliques, Enfants adultes de parents alcooliques 'Living in two worlds' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Parent and child, Interracial marriage, Racially mixed children
What problem did Gary Paulsen parents have?
They were alcoholics.
Are Children of alcoholics more likely to become alcoholics themselves than children of non-alcoholic parents?
Using marijuana or any other drug is a choice, to begin with. The turmoil in the lives of children of alcoholics may cause them to seek relief by using chemicals, but that is by no means guaranteed.What is likely is that, once they begin using chemicals to turn their brains off, they will continue to do so and become addicted themselves. It is much better to seek relief in counseling or one of the support programs for children of alcoholics, such as Alateen. I have seen many families in this situation and all are from deprived backgrounds. The children learn from their parents and copy them. This will lead to alcoholic children as they grow up, who also dabble in drugs and other illegal activities, unless they get the help they need immediately.
Why are children not exactly like their parents?
because parents dont understand children and what they like
What is a risk factor for becoming an alcoholic?
Having parents who were alcoholics.
Do children have a right to privacy from their parents?
Yes and no. Yes because children need their own private space away from their parents. And no because their parents need to know what their children are getting up to in their room.
Can alcoholism skip generations?
In a sense. The tendency to become alcoholic is inherited, but one does not become an alcoholic if one does not drink. Children of alcoholics may be teetotalers, not wanting to be like their parents. Their kids, however, not having had the awful experience of living with a drunk, may drink out of curiosity or rebellion. If the tendency has been passed to them genetically, they have a good chance of becoming alcoholics. Thus, the disease has "skipped" a generation, but only in the sense of not having become active.There is also a possibility -- if not a probability -- that there is true genetic skipping involved, in the sense of dominant and recessive trait combinations. Not enough is yet known about the details of the genetics related to alcoholism to be able to state that with certainty, but it would seem to be compatible with what we know about heredity in general.
