woodlandlost...I agree with oddsunflower's idea......talking to a social worker or a family advocate...a nd, a lawyer...…
Of course she loves her mother....
Don't be totally fooled- because a child appears "stoic"....you can never be sure what is going on inside them. There is always the danger that the child will think that they are, somehow, responsible for what is going on.....and, some-times. they try to take on the responsibility for -"caring" for the alcoholic parent....and slip into enabling and co-dependency at an early age....
It is important that the child live in a stable and predictable environment....predictability is very closely associated to a feeling of security for children.....