Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category

Helping Your Teen Survive A Loved One’s Suicide (2009-10-8)

Teens that have lost a loved one to suicide are three times more likely to commit suicide. Knowing this information may save another teen’s life if you are the parent of that grieving teen.
 
Being a survivor of a loved one’s suicide can cause feelings of anger and frustration at the helplessness of it all. Your [...]

Teen Depression Isn’t Always Sad (2009-10-7)

Depression is typically someone who is sad, keeps to themselves, doesn’t eat, or loses interest in things they once cared about.  But what about anger, fighting, other aggressive behavior and initiating violence at school or on the street, is that depression too?
 
Depression can also be angry. After all, depression is anger turned inward. If you [...]

4 Signs the School Year isn’t Going Well (2009-8-4)

How is school? Never settle for a half answer. If school is going well, your teen is doing okay even great.  School is a good way of taking the emotional temperature of your teen. So when school is not going well, be concerned and become investigative rather than accusatory.
 
1. Grades
They are what every parent looks [...]

Cutting My Way Back to You (2009-6-10)

It just doesn’t make sense for teens to have so few needs met that they have to cut into themselves

5 Warning Signs of Depression in Your Teen (2009-6-4)

They are aware that they will die, but they are not always aware that things will get better if they DO not die

Challenging the Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Who Knew Iowa would be the Cool State? (2009-5-26)

Today, the California Supreme Court decided to uphold the vote on proposition 8 to ban same –sex marriage. They did approve that the 18, 000 marriages that were performed remain legal. Whether you support or oppose gay marriage, what can be agreed upon is that both sides are passionate about the issue.
It [...]