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Broken Marriages – Are they leading to Alcohol Abuse in kids?

April 12, 2010
Author: Chris M. Alexander

The rise of broken marriages and single parent homes have taken their effect on modern societies, but does it lead to alcohol abuse in kids? First of all let me make one point, alcohol use by minors is alcohol abuse. There isn’t any legitimate reason for minors to use alcohol!

Little Known Fact

One little known fact of modern society is that, more often than not, alcohol is introduced to minors by parents. Most children get their first taste of liquor from adults either administered through social functions, religious observations or some strange rite of passage, but what makes this introduction lead to a kid with blood alcohol content of over .08 to getting behind the wheel? What makes them a habitual underage drinker?

Broken Marriages Effect on Drink and Driving

There is no doubt that broken marriages affect children. Over 50 percent of kids raised in the U.S. are going to see their parents breakup. A large percentage will never even see their parents together in one room. Psychologists have shown that when you compare them with kids whose parents have died, kids from homes where the parents have broken up have more psychological problems. Most children after the break up stay with their mother. When this happens that child 10 times more likely to be abused or killed. Over 65% of people in prison for more than 10 years grew up in broken homes.
Can you see now that this problem leads to driving while intoxicated? It isn’t an incredible leap to say that the breakup of a marriage could lead kids to abuse alcohol? Come on people, I am looking for anyone who can rebut this or at least put a positive spin on it. And no, people from MADD (http://www.aboutdwi.com/blog/madd/), the fact that drunk driving convictions are up is not a positive; it just shows that more people are stupid enough to drink and driving.

Bottom Line on Link between ‘Break Ups and Child Alcohol Abuse’

The bottom line here is that there is enough evidence to draw a conclusion. Broken marriages lead to alcohol abuse in kids… and a whole lot worse. Even if what we find maybe unconvincing to some, who can say without some doubt that odds are most kids who have failed a field sobriety test come from broken homes?
You tell me!

Tags: Alcohol Abuse, Married Life

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