Reading Response #1

Silvia Soriano                      "Teen Depression: A Guide for Parents "            April 17, 2013

                  People always say how this generation is messed up, how we the new generation is a joke. How we are worse than people before us. That some of us are crazy, we get judged.  Many of us go through puberty at a earlier age than people in the 90`s and 80`s. Were barely 14 or 15 when it happens, we go through that cause we feel lonely, we feel left out, we get hurt. Mostly our parents are the last person we turn to. Cause they just dont, or we think they dont understand cause we are different. So What do we do? We go on with our lifes, faking a smile and pretending everything is okay but than we cant anymore. We hit our breaking point. Which is just worst. We fall into a depression which leads us into worst stuff; like drugs, suicide thoughts and alcohol. all this happens cause we chose not to talk. 
           Parents dont normally notice when we hit puberty, they think that its no big deal. Its just hormones, they went though it, they came out fine so their kids will have to also come out fine. All people aren't the same, and just because their different doesn't make them odd, weird or crazy, it makes them a human being.  Acting out is part of this, parents assume they know everything and that when their kids are acting out and having mood swings it because their on bad things, like drugs and alcohol , they right away assume that their doing something bad. Than kids dont want to trust their parents because all the parents ill do is judge them, and they dont want that.
            All kids in our generation have stress, in everything. In school and social life with family. Adding hormones and puberty to the situation doesnt make it better. In society you can never please anyone. If you skinny your anorexi, if your smart your a nerd, if your happy your fake, if your  sad your emo. Its hard trying to fit in. Parents they dont really notice until you do something bad or dangerous. If kids notice that their parents dont care about what they do, they will lose motivation in life. They will no longer care about what they do, what they say, they will lose hope in life. Which leads to suicide thoughts.  
         People still ask why? Why do we do the things we do. Why do we think of suicide when we have so much to live for? We have so much to look foreword to. Cause we have no one their for us, No one is their for us. We are lonely, by ourselfs, we want to be loved and wanted , we want help. Help from our parents. 


http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm