In a recent study published by the Office of the Children\u2019s Commissioner and the charity The Children\u2019s Society it has been claimed that there are \u201ca number of barriers\u201d for children who wish to seek help for their parents where alcohol misuse is concerned.<\/p>\n
The report points therefore at the importance of social services being able to identify problem drinking in parents.<\/p>\n
At least one parent interviewed for the study said she was reluctant to take advantage of alcohol treatment services because \u201cthey\u2019re for alcoholics\u201d. The interviewee admitted to having \u2018a problem\u2019 but believed that \u2018an alcoholic\u2019 was a person that had a drink every day. Effectively the person disqualified herself from this label as she doesn\u2019t drink everyday.<\/p>\n
Speaking in her role as the Children\u2019s Commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson said that alcohol misuse is \u201cfrighteningly common\u201d with an \u201cimmense\u201d social and economic cost.<\/p>\n
Maggie went on to say that parents \u201cmust be made aware of the effects their problem drinking can have on children and young people\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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