Does drug and alcohol use during pregnancy lead to physical or emotional abuse after the child is born? Why?

Question

I am a social work major. I already know the affects of drugs and alcohol on a fetus. What I am looking for is an explanation for child abuse and if a mother does drugs or drinks while pregnant what is the chance the child , after delivery will be abused, physically (beaten, shaken, neglected, sexual) or mentally.

Answer 1

Research shows Maternial drinking can cause behavior problems, aggression, attention problems, delinquency, I.Q. deficits, delinquency, physical abnormalities, antisocial behavior, risk for impaired 'moral maturity,' moral reasoning, linked to impulsive, less empathetic children, delinquency, increased risk offspring drink early age.

Maternal Smoking
Aggression, criminal behavior, psychotic problems, overactivity, emotional instability, aggression, activity, peer problems, low I.Q, learning disabilities, disruptive behavior, criminality, childhood learning & behavior problems, may lead to brain damage.

Drug Abuse
Learning disabilities, hyperactivity, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Cardiac problems, greater severity; involves circuitry underlying motivation, impulsivity, addictive behavior, iron deficiency, linked to FAS & FAE (fetal alcohol syndrome & fetal alcohol effects).

Abuse? Most Definitely!

Crime Times
Linking Brain Dysfunction to
Disordered/Criminal/Psychopathic Behavior
http://68.178.215.106/crimetimes/contents.htm#toc


In reading your added update, as its worded, I say No.
Substance abuse alone when pregnant does not lead to physical abuse. However, children that are born with behavior problems mentioned above are prone to abuse by adults.
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Being pregnant and using drugs or drinking is considered child abuse once you are a certain time along.

If you drink and do drugs what even makes you think the child is going to survive and if it does WTF makes you think you will have a chance at keeping it? By law every baby born must be tested for drugs and same goes for the mother and if anything is found in either systems the baby will be taken and the mother will be charged and if the baby is born with a birth defect or some kidn of retardation the hospital will do test to find out why and once they do you can kis the baby goodbye.

My aunt is a member of DCF and every year she snatches dozens of babies no sooner they are born because thier mother used drugs or drank while pregnant, some times the mother never even gets to see her child when it is born, as soon as it comes out the DCF member takes the child away.

Answer 3

Yes, she obviously doesn't care enough about the child's well being while he/she is in the womb so chances are she won't care when they come out. Not to mention that drugs and alcohol can severely effect your judgment and mental stability so they may be violent drunks.

Answer 4

yes both because drugs and alcohol are dangerous and mess you up

Answer 5

if the mother doesn't care while pregnant, why afterward makes any difference?

Answer 6

yes it could , the baby could also have birth defects

Answer 7

yes but i dont know why