In the National Association for Children of Alcoholics research article, the organization emphasis the importance of research into the problems faced by children of parents with alcohol problems. The article also states that, “Alcohol was found to be the most harmful drug in a recent study that ranked 20 drugs according to the harm they cause to the user and to others” (NACOA). Those effected the most by this substance abuse are primary children. The research article continues by saying, “Parental alcohol problems are associated with negative outcomes in children, e.g. poorer physical and psychological health (and therefore higher hospital admission rates), poor educational achievement, eating disorders and addiction problems, many of which persist into adulthood” (NACOA). This relates back
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They would pick crab apples, black berries, and corn (172). When the hunger became extremely rough to manage, Jeanette would take greater measures. She quoted, “When girls came in and threw away their lunch bags in the garbage pails, I’d go retrieve them” (173). Jeanette would find herself eating out of the garbage eating what she called “perfectly good food” that children through away. She never quite understood how those children could be so wasteful. The food in the garbage was like heaven to Jeanette, she quotes, “There was, at times, more food in the wastebasket than I could eat” (173). If Jeanette father would have spent more of his time at home instead of wondering off, feeding his disease, he would have been aware of the issues back at home and maybe Jeanette would have never found herself eating of the garbage. Her and siblings constantly felt embarrassed by their situation. They’d often lie about why they never brought lunch to school and their answer would usually be because they forgot it, but all their classmates knew it was just a big lie. The other kids like to humiliate Jeanette and
They would pick crab apples, black berries, and corn (172). When the hunger became extremely rough to manage, Jeanette would take greater measures. She quoted, “When girls came in and threw away their lunch bags in the garbage pails, I’d go retrieve them” (173). Jeanette would find herself eating out of the garbage eating what she called “perfectly good food” that children through away. She never quite understood how those children could be so wasteful. The food in the garbage was like heaven to Jeanette, she quotes, “There was, at times, more food in the wastebasket than I could eat” (173). If Jeanette father would have spent more of his time at home instead of wondering off, feeding his disease, he would have been aware of the issues back at home and maybe Jeanette would have never found herself eating of the garbage. Her and siblings constantly felt embarrassed by their situation. They’d often lie about why they never brought lunch to school and their answer would usually be because they forgot it, but all their classmates knew it was just a big lie. The other kids like to humiliate Jeanette and