The long-term consequences of parental alcohol abuse

Does parents' long-term abuse of alcohol have an impact on children during their formative years? Yes, several long-term consequences for the children result from this study. The study ascertained an increased mortality and high occurrence of self-destructive behavioural forms (attempted suicide, drug addiction) among adolescents from 14 to 27 years old with alcoholic parents. Hospitalisation of adolescents because of psychological disturbances is also seen relatively more often among cases where the parents are alcohol abusers. Similarly, an increased risk of teenage motherhood and youth unemployment is seen in families with evidence of alcohol abuse.
In some respects mothers who are alcohol abusers seem to have a different effect on their children than fathers who are alcohol abusers. So, for example, there is a higher occurence of violence-related crimes and convictions for sexual offences among adolescents whose mothers abuse alcohol.