Den här kvalitativa studien belyser hur socialarbetare beskriver barn till föräldrar med missbruksproblematik, hinder och utmaningar i arbetet med dessa barn och samverkan mellan de olika yrkesgrupperna i arbetet med barn till föräldrar med missbruksproblematik. Ytterligare belyser studien de stöd och insatser som de olika verksamheterna erbjuder för dessa barn. Undersökningen utfördes i två olika kommuner i södra Sverige. Utifrån den valda kvalitativa metoden nåddes ett resultat från informanternas berättelser. Resultatet påvisar att det finns en mängd olika orsaker till varför det finns svårigheter i att upptäcka barn till föräldrar med missbruksproblematik. En återkommande orsak i resultatet är föräldrarnas förnekelse om sitt missbruksproblematik. I resultatet framkommer det att alla barn påverkas av föräldrarnas missbruksproblematik, dock är påverkas barnen individuellt. Det påvisas att ett samarbete sker mellan de olika yrkesgrupper dock kan samverkan förbättras. Slutsatsen är att samhället behöver mer kunskap om barn i missbruksfamiljer och att fler skall våga anmäla.

Our aim with this study was to investigate whether gender plays a role in children'sexperiences of growing up in abusive environments, as well as how this affects themin adulthood. It is a qualitative study conducted using a thematic text method. Weused Yvonne Hirdman's gender theoretical concepts for our analysis. Our empiricalwork consists of five autobiographies. Where we sorted them into different themesto see which themes were most central in the books. The criteria we had whensearching for autobiographies was that the authors should have lived under alcoholabuse conditions regarding one or two of their parents. According to the themes wefound, we divided the results into two parts. The first part presents how the authorsexperienced their childhood and the second one how the authors described how itaffected them in adulthood. Each part has three subcategories that present differentaspects of the result. The analysis of our results can be found after the subcategoriesin each theme. The research is limited to children who lives in an environment ofalcoholics abuse. We wanted to gain an in-depth knowledge of how the childs ́sgender will affect their lives and actions in adulthood. By highlighting thisperspective on the subject, our intention is to contribute to more in-depth knowledgeof the subject. From the results it can be seen that the invisible rules and frameworksof the gender contract play a role in how children deal with their upbringing inalcohol abuse, as well as how this characterizes the impact of the situation inadulthood.

Our aim with this study was to investigate whether gender plays a role in children'sexperiences of growing up in abusive environments, as well as how this affects themin adulthood. It is a qualitative study conducted using a thematic text method. Weused Yvonne Hirdman's gender theoretical concepts for our analysis. Our empiricalwork consists of five autobiographies. Where we sorted them into different themesto see which themes were most central in the books. The criteria we had whensearching for autobiographies was that the authors should have lived under alcoholabuse conditions regarding one or two of their parents. According to the themes wefound, we divided the results into two parts. The first part presents how the authorsexperienced their childhood and the second one how the authors described how itaffected them in adulthood. Each part has three subcategories that present differentaspects of the result. The analysis of our results can be found after the subcategoriesin each theme. The research is limited to children who lives in an environment ofalcoholics abuse. We wanted to gain an in-depth knowledge of how the childs´sgender will affect their lives and actions in adulthood. By highlighting thisperspective on the subject, our intention is to contribute to more in-depth knowledgeof the subject. From the results it can be seen that the invisible rules and frameworksof the gender contract play a role in how children deal with their upbringing inalcohol abuse, as well as how this characterizes the impact of the situation inadulthood.