Preteens And Alcoholism

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de events including getting into trouble with the police for fighting or for driving while drinking. Obviously, higher levels of alcohol consumption are associated with higher levels of alcohol induced problems.
There are many factors that directly and indirectly affect the emotional growth of children. Alcoholism also plays a role in modifying the behavioral tendencies in children.
Some of the factors are:
Direct Factors:
• Poor monitoring by alcoholic parents
• Low levels of 'emotional availability' of the parent
• Parental use of harsh discipline
• Tolerance to adolescent drinking
• Domestic unrest and fight within the family
Indirect Factors:
• Genetic inclination to the use of alcohol
• Economic conditions caused by the use of alcohol by the parents
• Parental-child conflict

Problem drinking by parents is one of the most prominent causative factors of adolescent alcoholism. Children look up to their parents for support and direction during adolescence, which are actually the formative years of their life. This means that once the formative age is mixed with unhealthy incidents, the character of children can indeed be harmed. It has been experimentally proved that poor monitoring by parents can lead children into bad company and undesirable habits.
Alcoholic parents do not hav...