One of the key aspects of teen years is that adolescents may try to develop their self-identity for which they take cues from several sources, the main among them being social environment. So, these teens give a lot of importance to social interaction and developing good social skills. In short, teens focus more on acceptability by others and especially, by their peers. However this can sometimes lead to teen depression. Continue reading “Is Peer Pressure the Reason behind Teen Depression”
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Everyone will agree that the problem of anxiety and teen depression is quite common among teenagers. This is more so in the case of school or college going students. However, it is more surprising to learn that teenagers who observe military deployment of a parent are more prone to depression. According to a study, the number of teenagers dealing with depression is more in families whose one of the parent is deployed in military. There are many factors that trigger high level of teen depression among youngsters whose parents are deployed. Continue reading “How Deployment of Close Family Members Can Lead To Teen Depression”