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A member asked:
If a mother's and/or father's abuse of drugs or alcohol throughout their lifetimes affect the health of their children?
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Yes: It can have a direct effect by damaging a fetus in the womb. It can also have an indirect effect by creating an environment where parents are not "available" to provide the supervisory role of healthy parents.
Answered 4/27/2013
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I agree, parents: Are role models for their children. They are learning to drink. In addition, their children are at high risk to either become alcoholics or marry one. There is also a strong hereditary factor which make the risk of becoming addicted higher. Sons of alcoholic fathers ; daughters of alcoholic mothers are at highest risk.
Answered 10/23/2017
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