Parents' alcohol misuse causes horrific problems for their children, study finds

Parental drinking is linked to more than one in three cases of the death or serious injury of a child through neglect or abuse in England, a new study shows.

Parents' alcohol misuse causes horrific problems for their children, study finds

Parental drinking is linked to more than one in three cases of the death or serious injury of a child through neglect or abuse in England, a new study shows.

The report, commissioned by a cross-party group of British MPs and peers, found alcohol misuse was implicated in 37% of such cases between 2011 and 2014.

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