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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Tips for Parents in Dealing with Troubled Teenagers Depression

Parents who are aware of peculiarities in their teenagers, may be confused when faced with their teenagers. If the symptoms that arise as troubled teenagers who is depressed. Here are tips for parents who have teenagers with problems of depression: 

1. Be gentle to your teenagers, but remain persistent and not easily give in to always give their support. 
2. Give space for your teenagers to breathe, move, and express themselves. Don't expect much less force them to do or be what you want. 
3. Show your affection to them and show that you are always ready to give support to them. 
4. Don't be too much to ask questions that give the impression of patronizing to them. 
5. Not forcing your teenagers to have activities and experiences life the same as when your teenagers first. 
6. Act as a good listener, so that they can feel comfortable with your presence as their parents. 
7. Manage your feelings, so you can feel what they feel, like a sense of sadness that was experienced by them. 
8. Be careful in giving advice, which is more important is that you must keep it so you can always communicate well with your teenagers.
9. If your troubled teenagers to deny that they themselves just fine and no problems whatsoever, but they also don't explain the cause of the behavioral changes they experience, then you must believe in your instincts as a parent. In many cases the denial is a very strong emotional reaction. 
10. When teaching the discipline in your teenagers, not a way to punish and make them ashamed. Replace punishment by helping your teenagers find a good solution. Punishment and shame to make teenagers feel themselves useless. 
11. Let your teenagers make a mistake, attitude overprotektive parent or parents who always took a unilateral decision to make them believe that they don't have the capability. This can lead to reduced confidence in themselves. 
12. If you suspect your teenagers troubled and depressed, take your time to listen to what problems they face, without criticism or judging them. Even if you think that the problem isn't a serious problem, but open communication between parents and children is important, especially when your teenagers child to show symptoms of resistance. 
13. Don't also underestimate what they feel, sometimes teenagers have an excessive reaction to a problem, but parents should try to understand that what they feel is right. 
14. Sometimes teenagers don't seek advice, solutions or how to solve problems they face, they are seeking support and acceptance of it, so whatever happens convinced the teenagers that you will always help and assist them, whenever they need you as a parent or friend.
15. Once your teenagers feel ready to convey their problems to you, don't cut or try to regulate them, just listen to their stories until they are done storytelling. 

If it is a problem that happens is beyond their ability or you, give their advice to deal with these problems then take them to an institution or installation that may help you and them to solve problems being faced by your troubled teenagers. 

You as parents need to pay more attention to your child, your child doesn't fall into troubled teenagers depression.

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