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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Alcohol Awareness week: 18th October 2010 - is alcohol damaging childhood?



As Alcohol Awarness Week (AWW) kicks off from 18 to 24 October, a joint report from Alcohol Concern and the Children’s Society has been released:

The report identifies:
  • An estimated 2.6 million children live with a parent whose drinking puts them at risk of neglect, and 705,000 live with a dependent drinker
  • More than 100 children as young as five contacting ChildLine every week with worries about their parent's drinking
  • 78% of young offenders who misuse alcohol found to have grown up in homes with parental alcohol abuse and domestic abuse   > > > >   Read More
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