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 eating disorders.
Worst of all, children of alcoholics are also four times more likely to become alcoholics themselves – there is a cycle of alcoholism cascading down the generations. We have to break the cycle of this terrible disease – and that starts by breaking the silence around Britain’s biggest secret scandal. The APPG’s research confirms a shocking picture of support for children of alcoholics:
None of the 138 respondent Local Authorities have a specific strategy for support for children of...
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