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A recent study published in 2024 led by Michael Golding of Texas A&M University found that chronic parental alcohol use can also impact the next generation, and found that it may make you more susceptible to disease. A child's health, growth and development are directly related to the environment in which he or she grows up. When a child grows up in a dysfunctional family, it can have a direct impact on their physical, mental and emotional development. The feeling of family and community also depends on the parents and their attitude towards the children. Research shows that fathers' alcohol abuse can directly affect children's intellectual and social development. Excessive alcohol consumption can lead to numerous health problems, including liver disease, heart problems, reduced cognitive function and accelerated aging. Parents often pass these disorders on to their children. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders refer to physical, developmental, and behavioral disorders inherited by school-age children that are related to their parents' drinking habits.

Children with fetal alcohol disorder are more likely to develop disorders that emerge in adulthood, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Cardiovascular disease occurs in healthy people between the ages of 40 and 50, but in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders it can begin as early as adolescence. This can also shorten the service life by up to 40%. People with fetal alcohol disorder are also at risk of mental illness. It can increase stress and anxiety and accelerate aging and disease. The study also says that the impact of both parents drinking alcohol on their children is far more significant than the impact of one parent drinking alcohol. This study found that age-related liver scarring in children is an effect of their parents' drinking habits.