Drug and Alcohol Families

How sad! For children in my classroom who will deal with this, it will be extremely important that I get to know families. By building a relationship with parents/caregivers, I would hope to discourage this type of abuse in the home. I do not plan to go in preaching, but rather as a concerned adult. And I am not only concerned about the child, but the abusers as well. I understand addictions. But while I personally have never experienced this type of struggle in using and getting off of these types of drugs, I know there is help out there for those who do struggle. For the parents of my future students, I hope to offer or organize classes and information for those who are struggling. 

This type of abuse in the home can cause children to have many issues that makes if harder for them to learn in the classroom. Children are sensitive to parents/caregivers' emotions and they carry this with them to bed at night and into the classroom the next day. What we might think of as a behavior problem in our students, may just be a child who is disturbed from problems/conflicts at home. Getting to know each child on a personal level is crucial to their success in my classroom.