Children of Alcoholics
A Little Problem At Home focuses on the unique problems of children in alcoholic families where these is also family abuse--the double abuse of alcohol and family members by one another: physically, emotionally, by neglect or in combination. Adult and adolescent children of alcoholics candidly tell what it was like growing up in a home with an alcoholic parent and how it affected their lives. They tell of abuse they experienced and steps they had to take to overcome the effects of being children of alcoholics. $195 (rental $50), 30 minutes.
"...candidly presents the experience of adult children of alcoholics."
--Video Rating Guide for Libraries
"A powerful thought-provoking presentation..."
--Wisconsin Clearinghouse
"This powerful 30-minute program features teenaged and adult children of alcoholics
sharing their painful personal experiences with alcoholism and child abuse."
--Prevention Works
"Supplementing this film is a forty-six-;age teacher's guide loaded with statistics,
relevant information on alcoholism, and a long list of other vide options on the topic. This is important
stuff, made compacatly for youth work."
--Roxanne Derr, Youthworker
Iris Award Nominee: National Association of Television Program Executives
Award of Excellence, Best Feature-Length Documentary: Wisconsin Broadcasters' Association
Silver Award: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Runner-up: National Council on Family Relations
Award of Excellence, Best Feature-Length Documentary: Wisconsin Broadcasters' Association
Silver Award: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Runner-up: National Council on Family Relations
