Child Behavior Case Study

Biological processes can affect child behavior by a parent being physically or sexually abusive, and neglecting them; being a drug or alcohol addict, and/or divorce. Children are constantly being affected by everyone around them, from media to peers. But the ones who affect children the most would be the parents. Parents all around the world abuse their children physically, sexually, and neglect them, which is a form of abuse. This can have dire consequences as the children grow older. A parent who uses drugs or alcohol can make a child feel that they are the ones responsible for the way that their parents act. For the children of divorced parents, they may feel abandoned.

“Children are more likely to be the victims of neglect than any other

A parent using drugs or alcohol creates a host of problems at home. To begin with, when the mother uses drugs or alcohol while pregnant, the child can be born with birth defects; such as FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome), which can be the most fatal. Along with FAS, they could end up mentally retarded or have facial disfigurations. The drugs that the parents use could potentially make them a roller coaster of emotions. They can be loving one moment and hateful the next. Alcohol and drugs make them unreliable and irresponsible for parenting. Some children (usually the eldest) tend to try and take on the duties of their parents. They will try to manage things like cooking dinner, cleaning, or taking their other siblings to school. Being children, their main concern should be focusing their time on school and friends. Even though they take on all these extra responsibilities, they parents can still treat the children poorly. Some parents even make it seem as though it is their fault they drink or use drugs. Therefore, kids begin to have emotional, educational, and physical problems. For the children living in these homes, it will be hard to connect with kids their age. This can take an emotional toll on the child. But kids need other children their age to help support and relate to them. Sometimes children aren’t always able to make it to school, because of the parenting role they have taken on. Kids missing so much so school, end up so far behind that it’s extremely hard to catch back up. This could have major consequences in the future, because they are not able to get a job that will financially support them. Living in these conditions can result in the children having poor health. They themselves might get involved in drugs and alcohol, under the influence of their parents. The statistics state that “75 percent of children form such homes do not abuse drugs or alcohol themselves and through sheer