

If you have already started talking to a child about depression, this information will give you details to keep the conversation going. This information will help prepare you (whether you are the well parent, the parent with depression, a grandparent, or another adult in the child's life) to take the first step.

When children don't have answers to their questions, they tend to come up with their own, which may be incorrect and scary!Įvery parent and child's "beginning conversation" about depression will be different depending on the child's age and ability to manage the information.

When the problem is about depression, it often becomes a secret that nobody talks about. Children have a lot of questions when someone in their family is sick.
