at's disrupted, disorders like depression can occur(Hyman 4). Children with depressed parents have 3 times the risk factor for becoming depressed(Paxman 1). Also, any person with a family member who has depression has a 25% of developing depression (Paxman 1). As everyone knows, teenagers are rebellious. Also, everyone knows that parents discipline this. But parents should know that in rebelling, teens are fulfilling an important psychological need(Health Canada 3). Also, teens have mood swings, criticize their parents, are aggressive on and off, argumentative, and are most of the time, self- centered. These things are normal for adolescents. Family problems between parents and teens emerge because parents dont understand that this is normal. However, parents need to keep these behaviors under control to an extent so that these habits dont turn into violence or self- defeat (Health Canada 4). When a teenager feels defeated, he or she will most of the time shape depression. This is why parents should not over dominate the adolescent, and control the teenagers life. Not only can family problems be caused with the arguments between the parent and adolescent, but physical, and sexual abuse is a major contributing factor to adolescent depression. Psychiatrists have reported that adults being treated for depression or eating disorders, particularly women, often have a history of being sexually abused as children(Haiken 1). The depth of depression in these people depends on how much, or how often they were abused. Because the abuse was driven from someone close, and in the same family, adolescents start to distrust everyone. Lack of trust becomes a problem later on when they establish relationships with other people. When these abused adolescents turn into adults, they do not like to be touched in any way by anyone because it reminds them of the abuse (Haiken 1). Families have problems, not involving the child, but it affects the child greater...
