Sunday, October 30, 2011

Advice for Parents - Understanding Teen Depression

Article by Gareth Hoyle
The transition from child to adulthood is a difficult time. Teenagers can be very vulnerable to depression. They have to try and deal with complex adult issues and emotions without any of the coping tools that comes with age and experience. This can then manifest itself in a number of negative behaviour such as anger and irritability. Dealing with TeenagersLiving with teenagers can be very difficult for parents and other family members. Many of the negative feelings will be directed at authority figures and this makes it hard for you to reach out to them. Attempts to help teenagers can often be rebuffed and can escalate bad behaviour. They have yet to develop the coping tools they need to understand their

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