8 yr old son, drug-addict father…..What can I do to help my son deal with the anger he has towards his dad?

Published May 30, 2010

My son is 8 yrs old, his father is an alcoholic/drug-addict so needless to say he isn’t always there for our boy. I have remarried in the last year and have 4 other children. The kids go to visit dad on fridays, well he is hardly ever there. He’s in and out of rehab, in and out of jail, facing prison time or military type treatment center. My son is really suffering over this, he says he hates God, he hates me, he hates his dad, he seems to hate everyone. He has no idea who he’s angry at. He says his dad isn’t even trying to get help, he doesn’t even want it. I try so hard to be patient with him, but sometimes hes so outrageous with the things he says. It seems as though he doesn’t care about anything right now. He see’s a therapist and a psychiatrist and I love him all the way through his tantrums, but my patients is wearing thin. We didn’t do anything, but yet we are the ones suffering through “dad’s” addiction. Advice??? Anyone??

8 yr old son, drug-addict father…..What can I do to help my son deal with the anger he has towards his dad?

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