than anyone else. An example of this would be divorce. Each year, over 1 million American children suffer the divorce of their parents(The Heritage Foundation 1). Table 1 shows the number of children that are affected in some way by divorce each year since 1950 1996. The chart shows that since 1950, the divorce rate has risen 135% in 1980. This fact goes along with the suicide rate, which has risen 200% since 1960. Families also have financial problems. When the financial problem is so severe in the family, and the teenager knows about it, it will cause major depression in the adolescent. Family is a very important part of an adolescents life. Adolescents are at a higher risk of depression with a family with a financial, divorce problem, or friction between parents and adolescents....
