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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 408023" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>I remember very vividly my first bout with severe depression. I was a little older than Diva (I was 15 & a sophomore.). The things that helped the most were my mom just spending time with me -- not talking about anything, just watching tv, baking cookies, etc. Just letting me cry without asking me to explain 'why?' -- as you said there isn't a 'why'. My dad blamed it on getting cut from basketball that year but it was the other way around, I was cut because I was too depressed to put any effort into tryouts. My mom said that knowing what she knows now, she would have got me a therapist but back then she didn't know anyone who had a therapist or even what medical depression really was. </p><p></p><p>The cleanliness of my room was always a huge clue to how bad my depression was (in fact, it still is). Having someone step in and help keep things clean and organized always helps, if my outside world can be more controlled and organized, it leaves me more energy to deal with the chaos inside of me. You'd need to be careful as teenagers don't like their stuff touched (I remember trashing my room once when my grandma cleaned it completely thinking she was helping -- I was a total easy child so that was way out of character for me.)</p><p></p><p>On the Facebook thing, husband really wanted the kids to have Facebook (mainly so they could be his 'neighbors' in Farmville <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /> )</p><p></p><p>Neither Eeyore nor Tigger actually know their password. Piglet just earned hers this year but she still has to use the Internet in my room or the living room. She knows that I can log into her account at will and that I can see everything she posts. I log into her account daily, even if she hasn't so I can 'see' what is happening. I've learned alot about the social lives of jr high students -- and I have been know to call parents if their teens are posting things I think they should know. Maybe you can compromise in that she can have a page but you will be the only one with the password so she can only access it with you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 408023, member: 1169"] I remember very vividly my first bout with severe depression. I was a little older than Diva (I was 15 & a sophomore.). The things that helped the most were my mom just spending time with me -- not talking about anything, just watching tv, baking cookies, etc. Just letting me cry without asking me to explain 'why?' -- as you said there isn't a 'why'. My dad blamed it on getting cut from basketball that year but it was the other way around, I was cut because I was too depressed to put any effort into tryouts. My mom said that knowing what she knows now, she would have got me a therapist but back then she didn't know anyone who had a therapist or even what medical depression really was. The cleanliness of my room was always a huge clue to how bad my depression was (in fact, it still is). Having someone step in and help keep things clean and organized always helps, if my outside world can be more controlled and organized, it leaves me more energy to deal with the chaos inside of me. You'd need to be careful as teenagers don't like their stuff touched (I remember trashing my room once when my grandma cleaned it completely thinking she was helping -- I was a total easy child so that was way out of character for me.) On the Facebook thing, husband really wanted the kids to have Facebook (mainly so they could be his 'neighbors' in Farmville :smile: ) Neither Eeyore nor Tigger actually know their password. Piglet just earned hers this year but she still has to use the Internet in my room or the living room. She knows that I can log into her account at will and that I can see everything she posts. I log into her account daily, even if she hasn't so I can 'see' what is happening. I've learned alot about the social lives of jr high students -- and I have been know to call parents if their teens are posting things I think they should know. Maybe you can compromise in that she can have a page but you will be the only one with the password so she can only access it with you? [/QUOTE]
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