Kids learn virtually everything from their parents, but what happens when they are taught the wrong things - like children caught in the crossfire of methamphetamine-using parents?

"You sit there and you think that these kids know nothing, and that you're pulling one over on them and keeping your addiction a secret, but these kids see a lot of stuff," said David Forsythe, a Special Narcotics Agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

People making, dealing and using drugs - the more they see, the bigger the problem it becomes for such easily influenced children.

Sometimes parents actively pass their lifestyle onto their children, dragging them into the world of drugs.

“We’ve had situations where you have a little 8, 9 or 10-year-old ‘look-out’ for mom and dad,” Forsythe said.

In other cases parents teach their little ones how to be a druggie.

“He actually taught my older brother Jason how to make meth in the barn,” recalled Angel Fremming, who grew up with a father who used methamphetamine.

But more often than not, it is the day to day activities of a meth-user that really influence a child.

"If this is the normal life that this child has and this is the way mom and dad make their money, this is the way they deal with any problems or whatever is using drugs, that gets passed on," Forsythe said.

That’s exactly what happened to Angel Fremming as she was growing up. Her father lived a life of making and using methamphetamine.

"A lot of the things in my life didn't make sense to me of why everything was happening so bad to me,” she said. “Why me? Why does all this stuff have to happen to me? Why is my mother like that? Why is my dad like that? Why do they do this to me?"

But her parents taught her that when you are coping with pain and confusion, drugs can help.

“I got into a lot of drugs,” Angel said. “I joined a gang because I thought it was the way to go."

But deep down inside Angel knew doing drugs was not the solution she was seeking.

"The more I got high the more I dwelled on issues and that's when I just stopped because it was making my pain worse than what it was before.”

Since that time Angel has turned her life around, but it has taken a lot of work and many challenges are still ahead. That is why she’s working along with the Wisconsin Alliance for Drug Endangered Children to help prevent other children from getting caught in the crossfire.

If you think someone in your community is using or manufacturing methamphetamine and a child may be in danger, call your local law enforcement agency immediately.

Click on the link below to find out what suspicious activities indicate meth may be in your neighborhood.