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Drug Abuse and Child Abandonment, Abuse and Neglect

by prosperity

Ever since humans first discovered drugs thousands of years ago, there’s been a pandemic of epic proportions sweeping throughout the world: drug abuse and addiction. For generations it has affected children throughout the world, and no country is left untouched by the consequences of drug abuse.

In America, child abuse is heavily correlated with drug and alcohol abuse by the parents or guardians. Children of all ages suffer from their parents’ substance abuse, from one day old to eighteen years old. Older children may blame themselves for their parents’ substance abuse problems. As the children grow up in homes with substance abuse, they also model their parents’ behavior and are four times more likely to use drugs.

As parents abuse alcohol and drugs, the chances of neglect, abuse and abandonment rise exponentially. Parents who abuse substances usually end up losing their jobs, becoming incarcerated and socializing with dangerous groups of people, such as drug dealers and other addicts. The parents may even end up homeless, leaving a child to fend for themselves or become a foster child. This is especially pronounced in the inner cities and more impoverished areas of America.

Parents who abuse substances also have impaired judgment skills, which may lead to them directly ignoring their child when they need medical and physical help. Parents in search of more substances to abuse are most likely to abandon their children as they constantly seek the newest and best drug. Alcoholic parents are most likely to physically and emotionally abuse their child. Sexual abuse is increased by the parents socializing with drug dealers and other addicts who take advantage of defenseless children.

The most powerful weapon against substance abuse and child abuse is education. Very few programs in the U.S. are effective in implementing both education and direct support to children who are disadvantaged. One of these effective programs is “Children of the Son”. Children of the Son is a 1000+ acre ranch that abused and foster care girls can enjoy during their yearly summer camp from June to mid-August. Jamey Madonna, the leader of this organization, also spearheaded an educational system that allows investors to push their resources into organizations that fight child abuse and neglect. Through Mr. Madonna’s efforts, tens of thousands of dollars have flowed into national and international charitable programs that feed directly into education about child abuse and combating this American epidemic.

What are the long-term effects of child abuse, if the child receives no counseling or help from programs such as Children of the Son? The consequences are staggering. Children who are abused and neglected as a result of their parents’ substance abuse are more likely to be abused when they are adults due to their ineffectual coping patterns and lack of external control locus. Children, especially females, are very vulnerable to future spousal abuse since they learn to expect abuse early on in life. Children who grow up abused and neglected by substance abuse parents also have a higher rate of psychological disorders in adulthood: manic depression, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts and intentions, and even social anxiety - most likely related to the inability to form a solid positive social connection with their parents from a young age.

Despite the factors pitted against them, children of substance abusers who experience abuse and neglect are some of the most resilient survivors. Programs such as Children of the Son allow these young girls and boys the best chance to overcome the dire circumstances they are born into through no fault of their own. Every adult in America must become actively engaged in giving resources and thought to such programs to ensure the next generation is given the best chance for success and change!

Jamey Madonna is the Founding Director of “Children of The Son”, a non-profit organization for children who are victims of abuse, neglect, poverty and abandonment. He currently operates a recreation camp for girls on his 1000 acre ranch in southern Colorado.

He owns his own luxury travel business with Global Resorts Network that generates over $1 Million annually to support children in foster care through his ministry.  www.childrenoftheson.org

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