When family is referred, it usually comes to mind as an institution that affects the development of individuals in a positive way. However, families cannot always have positive effects on their members and can sometimes be the source of the biggest emotional disturbances, tension and conflicts. An important problem, especially alcohol dependence; besides causing psychological and physical illnesses in the user individual, can negatively affect the mental and physical health of all family members in terms of domestic conflict, divorce, various economic losses, accidents, legal and social problems. Therefore, it is very important that the health professionals working with family consider the parent and the child together and understand how parental attitudes affect the child while taking into account that alcoholism is a family illness. This paper is prepared to examine the effects of alcohol addiction on children and parents and to raise the awareness of health professionals on this issue.