Drug Abuse Families

There are so many different situations that would involve the teacher when a family has drug abuse problems. It is scary to know that twenty-five percent of kids have to be taken away from meth homes. That change in a child's life would be horrible. It would change their attitude and behavior in the classroom even if moving them to a better place would benefit them. Unfortunately, the movie mentioned that children are targets for the drug abuse parents to physically abuse and psychologically abuse. I had already learned that in my health class but the video said that a child with a parent using meth is four times more likely to be neglected and three times more likely to be sexually abused. I think that is just awful and horrifying to know. The signs of neglect and sexually abused children are what teachers are required to watch out for. It is the teachers job to report any child that is suspected of being abused or neglected. We can help take a child out of misery.