Saving A Child's Other Support System

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First it depends on the childs other support system, meaning if the parents of the alcoholic, aunt/Uncle, or grandparents step in and become the child's nucleus. With this in mind, this protect the child from seeing the effects of alcoholism of the parent/s, which allows the child to live a normal life. Not to mention, if old enough to understand alcoholism and the effects, then it the choice of the child to move forward in the right direction, without allowing there enviroment or psycoligical factors deter them from

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