Dealing with Depressed Teens (Part 4 of 4) | The Old Path

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Dealing with Depressed Teens (Part 4 of 4) | The Old Path (My Review)
As a parent, one of your major priorities is giving care and affection to your children. Your children need your care and support more than ever as they turn into teenagers. A parent that fails to attend to their children is not doing the child any good.

There's no greater bond a parent can establish than the bond between them and their children. Ways to establish this bond can involve helping them with their homework from school. I remember in my secondary school days, when I had problems with some of my assignments, my dad was always glad to help me.

While finding solutions to the problems in the assignments, we related them to real-life events. This assisted in creating conversations to take our minds off the assignments for a while. It was really fun.

And at the end of the day, I'll end up understanding the topic of the assignment. Even better than the explanation given to me by my class teacher. This is a really great technique for bonding.

Another way to create an effective bond is by eating together. This technique really goes a long way, even with many other areas as well. Eating with your children is one of the greatest methods to establish a closeness with them.

Many families don't make use of the dining table any more, even though it is present in the living room. Some don't even eat at home, as highlighted by brother Eli in this video. This gradually kills the bond between the parent and the child.

The essence of building relationships with your kids is to prevent the feeling of isolation within them. When one connects with their child, it helps them to a very large extent and shields them from a lot of things. One of the things it can keep them from is depression.

Isolation is one of the major factors that can influence depression into coming into play. And depression can lead to negative outcomes. This can be prevented if a parent shows adequate love and attention to their child.

While offering your human contribution to your children, you should not fail to back it up also by involving the help of God. At the right time, begin to introduce the word and teachings of God to the child. This will go a long way in shaping the kind of person they turn out to be in the future.