Teen Depression - Beware Of The Tell-Tale Sings
There is too much pressure on children today.
A few decades ago, childhood meant fun, innocent mischief, games, travel, parents' love and peer friendships.
Today, all this has changed; today childhood is characterized by competition, ambition, struggle for power at homes and outside, parents' pressure to succeed at any cost, peer pressure to belong, and so on.
All this is very rough on teens who are already struggling to come to terms with the changes in their bodies and minds that occur at puberty and early adolescence.
Both girls and boys suffer from different aspects - pimples, hair problems, deepening of the voice, breast size, periods, penis size, virginity vs sex and so on.
With so much going on, it is not surprising that one in every five teens suffer from one or other forms of depression.
Can you, as a parent or guardian, recognize the signs of teen depression early enough? What are the signs of teen depression that could help you identify this problem with your child? It is often a little difficult to identify these symptoms or signs because the teens are characterized by weird behavior in general.
However, with a little perseverance and careful observation you could be successful in identifying the signs of teen depression, if present.
The first thing that would strike you is that your son or daughter has all of a sudden turned intoa slob.
Wearing fashionably torn or frayed clothes with wild hairdos is one thing; wearing dirty clothes, not taking bath for days, not combing (or using make-up), not bothering about what they wear on their feet - would show that they do not care how they look.
This is one very important sign of teen depression.
Coupled with the terrible appearances you would find that the teen has no interest in anything they previously liked - music, video games, TV shows, shopping, bullying their siblings, etc.
Nothing is fun anymore, and they stop playing outdoors (if they were playing before), they stop any hobbies and prefer to either lock themselves in their room or sit in parks doing nothing.
The grades of these children also show a sudden plunge.
This in one teen depression sign, that almost always is handled wrongly by the parents.
This is because in their anxiety to put their children back on the track, they would use punishment instead of finding out the reasons behind it.
In most cases parents jump to the conclusion that their children do not want to study any longer and the low grades reflects this lack of interest.
A few decades ago, childhood meant fun, innocent mischief, games, travel, parents' love and peer friendships.
Today, all this has changed; today childhood is characterized by competition, ambition, struggle for power at homes and outside, parents' pressure to succeed at any cost, peer pressure to belong, and so on.
All this is very rough on teens who are already struggling to come to terms with the changes in their bodies and minds that occur at puberty and early adolescence.
Both girls and boys suffer from different aspects - pimples, hair problems, deepening of the voice, breast size, periods, penis size, virginity vs sex and so on.
With so much going on, it is not surprising that one in every five teens suffer from one or other forms of depression.
Can you, as a parent or guardian, recognize the signs of teen depression early enough? What are the signs of teen depression that could help you identify this problem with your child? It is often a little difficult to identify these symptoms or signs because the teens are characterized by weird behavior in general.
However, with a little perseverance and careful observation you could be successful in identifying the signs of teen depression, if present.
The first thing that would strike you is that your son or daughter has all of a sudden turned intoa slob.
Wearing fashionably torn or frayed clothes with wild hairdos is one thing; wearing dirty clothes, not taking bath for days, not combing (or using make-up), not bothering about what they wear on their feet - would show that they do not care how they look.
This is one very important sign of teen depression.
Coupled with the terrible appearances you would find that the teen has no interest in anything they previously liked - music, video games, TV shows, shopping, bullying their siblings, etc.
Nothing is fun anymore, and they stop playing outdoors (if they were playing before), they stop any hobbies and prefer to either lock themselves in their room or sit in parks doing nothing.
The grades of these children also show a sudden plunge.
This in one teen depression sign, that almost always is handled wrongly by the parents.
This is because in their anxiety to put their children back on the track, they would use punishment instead of finding out the reasons behind it.
In most cases parents jump to the conclusion that their children do not want to study any longer and the low grades reflects this lack of interest.
