Random question 38.

Why do you think kids of parents who drink alcohol, do drugs, or abuse the kids tend to do the same when they grow older?
I personally believe that is not true in ALL cases, I think SOME people who grow up with parents like that sometimes try and do better for themselves. They try and achieve more, I think having parents like that tends to push you more than a normal kid because you would probably want a better life for yourself and don't want to be seen as a person your parents is seen as and don't want to be in the horrible situation your parent is in. Having parents like that, you'd probably want to show others that you can do better and also show others that you wont follow your parents footsteps.
    BUT THEN; of course there is the other side of the story where kids do turn out like their parents - an alcoholic , druggie, or abuser. I think since being raised by one, you probably learn to look at life a different way which is to abuse a child, drink tons of alcohol, or do lots of drug and making up an excuse to do so. Kids usually look to their parents as role models, and that wouldn't be different for a child of those type of people. They would maybe want to be  just like them and follow in their footsteps. Whether you're a child of a alcoholic,druggie, or abuser OR a child of a lawyer,doctor, or someone successful. You tend to rely on them to set an example for you, and obviously the bad/ irresponsible parents are setting an example for their child which is being a druggie,alcoholic, or abuser so the kids probably believe thats the right way to go even though its not. Kids that have normal caring parents usually have parents to set example for them to finish school, push forward with things and etc but maybe kids with abusive parents teach them to hit kids or people when they are mad or frustrated. Kids of alcoholics maybe teach kids to drink the pain away and druggie kids maybe teach them to do drugs when they grow up to relieve stress ( I THINK, I'm not sure if its true!). I think in cases of being a daughter or son of a druggie or alcoholic cause kids to maybe start at a younger age of doing all these things. OF COURSE ; theres a time where kids go through their parents stuff. Especially as a teen, you tend to want to test out stuff like for teenage girls it'd be make up, or heels and boys- not appropriate to say. So being around those sort of harmful items ( alcohol and drugs) may want you to try and test out those types of things and may cause you to get addicted. And plus, theres places where you can reach out to and get those kinds of things to be an addict and keep trying drugs and alcohol and stuff. Well, I'm not a child of druggies or alcoholics or whatever - so i wouldn't really know anything about it, but i guess as an outsider trying to see in. This is what i see from my point of view.