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Are you the parent of a child who is often depressed? Are you a child who often feels down in the dumps and depressed? This article offers advice for both parents, other family members and children about how to deal with, reduce and even eradicate this depression.

Before I continue I would like to make it clear that I am not involved within this industry; I am actually involved with offering cheap holidays, helping people to gain access to a professional DVD authoring service and I sell composite doors on a part-time basis.

I remember from my own childhood having many periods when I was very unhappy and sad. Looking back one of my faults was that I was not willing to discuss my worries and fears with my parents and basically kept them bottled up inside of me. This meant of course that I had to deal with each and every issue (problem) on my own without any outside help or advice. Looking back it would have been a lot better for me personally if I had been a lot more open with my parents about the problems that I was facing; talking was certainly not my speciality at the time however.

I have two children of my own now and just in the same way as no doubt the majority of other parents I am trying my best to ensure that they are happy. I have made it very clear to my kids that they can talk to me, at anytime, about any subject, with the knowledge that I will listen and to try to help them as much as I possibly can without ever judging them. Life in general, with school as an example, can at times be quite tough, with things such as bullying affecting a lot of children. There is the added pressure of examinations and also trying to establish ones self within a group of friends. Moving schools and going through all of the bodily changes can also be quite uncomfortable for many children.

As a family we try to make our childrens home life as enjoyable and relaxed as possible. This includes many family days out and where financially possible, a family holiday abroad in the summer.

My advice to any parent who has an unhappy or often depressed child would be to be very patient with them through these periods. I, as I have already stated would try and get them to talk about what is making them feel in this way and if they do not want to talk, would let them know that I am there for them if they do ever want a chat etc.

A calm house is a happy house. Both parents are going to argue and have their differences, however they need to be adult enough to wait to discuss their issues once the kids have gone out or are in bed.

We are a very busy household where both parents work; I help people to stop stuttering by running speech courses which are one a one-to-one basis and my partner runs a company which offers bargain holiday deals as well as enabling people to learn how to become a foster parent.

I am also a parent and am by no means a perfect dad. I have told my children that all I expect of them is to try their best, as long as they do this, it does not matter what grades they achieve. Two years ago my step-daughter who is now twelve started to play up, especially at school. I was quite shocked when I attended her parents evening to find out that she had not handed in her homework, that she had made little effort in the past couple of terms and that she had been disruptive to other members of her class.

I was rather annoyed and that is to put it politely. I was very angry, however told her that I did not want to speak about it until we arrived home.  When we had arrived home, I stated to her that I was upset about what I had heard and informed her that if she had done well, I would have bought her anything that she wanted, up to a certain amount of money. There was a brief hesitation of perhaps shock before she stated; so you would even by me the England footie kit? I said that I would have but that she was not having it now. There was an add on to it though; something which I hoped would inspire her to start working hard – that was that she would be able to buy it in a few months time if she bucked her ideas up.

She has never looked back since, but my bank manager is not happy with the situation. I have also introduced a weekly bribe. I have agreed with both of the kids that I will buy them something each – up to the value of £15 during the weekend if they are good within the week. If and it often happens they do not deserve the toy, I have no need to become angry as they just do not get the reward. As you will no doubt imagine this is something which makes them hugely frustrated however it is something that also teaches them a valueable lesson in life.

Some would no doubt say that this is some sort of cop out however it is working very nicely in my house thank you very much.

Are you the parent of a child who is often depressed? Are you a child who often feels down in the dumps and depressed? This article offers advice for both parents, other family members and children about how to deal with, reduce and even eradicate this depression.

Before I continue I would like to make it clear that I am not involved within this industry; I am actually involved with stuttering therapies, helping people to gain access to a quality DVD duplication service and working with a group of cost reduction specialists.

I remember from my own childhood having many periods when I was very unhappy and sad. Looking back one of my faults was that I was not willing to discuss my worries and fears with my parents and basically kept them bottled up inside of me. This meant of course that I had to deal with each and every issue (problem) on my own without any outside help or advice. I wish that I had been more open with my family as I think my life would have been that much happier if I had.

I am now a parent of two children myself and am always looking out for them. I have made it very clear to my kids that they can talk to me, at anytime, about any subject, with the knowledge that I will listen and to try to help them as much as I possibly can without ever judging them. Life in general, with school as an example, can at times be quite tough, with things such as bullying affecting a lot of children. There is the added pressure of examinations and also trying to establish ones self within a group of friends. Moving schools and going through all of the bodily changes can also be quite uncomfortable for many children.

As a family we try to make our childrens home life as enjoyable and relaxed as possible. This includes many family days out and where financially possible, a family holiday abroad in the summer.

My advice to any parent who has an unhappy or often depressed child would be to be very patient with them through these periods. I, as I have already stated would try and get them to talk about what is making them feel in this way and if they do not want to talk, would let them know that I am there for them if they do ever want a chat etc.