School work becomes a problem. Child gets involved in activities with no regard for safety that may lead to serious injury or death such as reckless driving, playing with a loaded gun, cliff diving. Talk with your child to find out how the youngster feels and how long these feelings have lasted. If your child has lost something or someone, talk about how we all feel depressed when losing someone we care about. Later you can talk with your child about what can be done to help the youngster feel good again.
Active play can help reduce mild feelings of depression.
Games that have hitting, throwing, pounding, running or kicking actions are most helpful. Sometimes an extra amount of tender loving care helps children to get through feelings of depression. You want to have your child examined by the doctor to rule out any physical cause for depression. Otherwise, your local mental health center can help you and your child to solve this problem. Neither you nor your child can figure out the reason for the depressed feelings.