<b>The quotidian of children that live with an alcoholic mother</b> doi: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v11i4.16897
Abstract
It is a case study with the objective of examining the caregiving relationships expressed in a family in which the mother is addicted to alcohol. Data was collected in 2008, in a family from Rio Grande do Sul – southern Brazil, through semi-structured interview and analyzed according to the content analysis. The results were grouped into two categories: (1) the relations of care/neglect between mother and children; (2) the family taking care of the children of the alcoholic mother. The results showed that not always the children were taken care of by the alcoholic mother and that other members of the extended family assumed that responsibility. It was also shown that in different stages of the children's life, the family is reorganized to take care of them, but it is not always enough to avoid the possibility to manifest in their adult life behavioral or emotional disorders or reproduce the alcoholism they came across in the family.
