Dealing with depressed teens

Teenagehood spans from age 13 through 19. It is a period many changes in the life of a person both physically and mentally take place. It is a puberty stage when changes in the body of teenagers tend to give them food for thought. Teenagers at this stage begin to draw comparisons between themselves and their peers.Social vices such as; smoking, alcohol intake is prevalent at this stage. Copycat attitudes and mood swings are the order of the day. And these things tend to bring about depression in the lives of some teenagers. When teenagers fall victims of depression, parents, churches, and even government should come into deal with them. Parents should show love, counsel and caution them. They should also psych them up with words of encouragement.

The church should organize programmes to teach and inculcate christian values in them, making references to some biblical personalities like; Joseph, Timothy etc. that trod the path of the Lord. Government on the other hand should come in by creating awareness of the dangers of indulging in social vices and make laws that will checkmate such.

By so doing, depressed teens can be appropriately dealt with.