There are at least seven million American children in our world today that are living with an alcoholic parent. Alcoholism is an illness that not only affects the parent with the illness but also other family member, especially the children. It is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker yet, they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type, the casual or social drinker, …showed first 75 words of 971 total…

…showed last 75 words of 971 total…molecular development of the fetus and that is what generally underlies the development of FAS. There are specifics in diagnosing that doctors look for in treating a patient for FAS. First of all the eyes are the most common and consistent sign of FAS, the eyelids especially. Children often appear to have widely spaced eyes but measurements reveal that they are spaced apart normally. This disparity in sight is caused by short "fissures (eye openings)".