| Depression is an elusive illness that affects the young | | | | rejected-something we've all experienced at one time |
| today. There has been cases of children who thought | | | | or the other in our lives. Who among us has never felt |
| killing themselves is the best solution to get out of | | | | embarrassment, humiliation, failure, fault, or someone's |
| depression. Statistics have shown that four out of | | | | disapproval over something we've done? Whether it |
| every 100 teenagers experience some sort of serious | | | | be by a family member, a friend, or a complete |
| depression each year. Parents whose children are | | | | stranger, rejection happens to all of us. Some people |
| experiencing depression have a role to play in helping | | | | can let such incident roll-off their backs, because they |
| their children to get out of this mental illness. To help | | | | know, deep within, that they are accepted. others, |
| you your child overcome depression, make him or her | | | | however, may bear deep emotional wounds from |
| feel loved and accepted. | | | | incident after incident of rejection, so any perceived |
| One of the difficult things children must deal with are | | | | lack of acceptance can transform their personalities |
| the lies that come into their minds masquerading as | | | | into something ugly. That's why rejection is at the root |
| truth: I'm not loved, I'm not accepted, I'm not | | | | of so much of the evil we read about in the news |
| appreciated, I'm not attractive, I'm not good enough, I'm | | | | papers every day. A rejected worker goes back to |
| too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too dumb, too smart, | | | | his former place of employment and shoots his boss |
| too everything. These lies escalate as children move | | | | and co-workers. A rejected husband beats or kills his |
| into their teenage years and often are carried into | | | | wife. A mother who has been rejected by others |
| adulthood. You need to respond with love, kindness | | | | abuses her child. |
| and support if your child is experiencing depression. | | | | Rejection brings out the worst in people, love and |
| The opposite of being loved and accepted is being | | | | acceptance bring out the best. |