Children as young as five complaining of parents' drink or drug abuse

In the UK, children as young as five are contacting Childline to talk about their parents' drinking or drug abuse.

Children as young as five complaining of parents' drink or drug abuse

In the UK, children as young as five are contacting Childline to talk about their parents' drinking or drug abuse.

The helpline received just under 2,300 hundred calls from youngsters who said their parents were drug addicts.

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