General Article On children of alcoholics: a manifesto for change

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An extract from an article by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on children of alcoholics

One in five children in the UK lives with a parent who drinks too much – that’s over 2.5 million children. They are Britain’s innocent victims of drink. Hard-drinking parents hurt their children for life. Compared to other children, children of alcoholics are: 

  • twice as likely to experience difficulties at school; 
  • three times more likely to consider suicide; and 
  • five times more likely to develop eatin...

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