Depression and children

Have you been in a school lately? Not one of the best places to get basic needs met... which is more serious when they are not being met at home either!

And the teachers in Llandudno at their conference were getting hot under the collar about having to be "social workers"

I feel a rant coming on.... quick! abort! abort!

Kathleen

Man, thats why I use to(and probably still do) not trust schools...

I can't say crap about crap, or they'll become suspicious!

But, does it really matter if its not being met at school?

School only takes up like 6 or 7 hours of the day.

There is plenty of time for those needs to be met at home, and should be met at home.

It matters because the depression is likely to be linked to the situation at home, so those at home will not be able to help. I'm not a therapist, but if a tendency towards depression was picked up and dealt with sensitively and early by someone who knew what they were doing (therefore probably not the teacher themselves) then surely it may prevent serious problems later on? It may seem ridiculous to many, and the numbers do seem a bit high; the research may itself be another example of our developing tendency to pathologise everything, but mental illness in children is a reality and it's not new. When I went to see my aunt in hospital in a secure unit 15 years ago, I was shocked to learn that there was a children's ward there. It's not an easy world to live in at the best of times, and unfortunately not every child has a cosy, insulated life.
If they need help, then it should be given, regardless of height!

School only takes up like 6 or 7 hours of the day

, and if most people sleep for about 8 hours, then school counts for nearly half the waking day, so if half your day is in a place where your Basic Human Needs are not being met, then life outside school is going to be meeting all your needs.

So?
Most seem to do that perfectly fine.(e,g by hanging out with friends)

Sorry...
Please just ignore all that im saying...

It just annoys me how all the schools I've gone to bother me if I don't socialize with the other students...


For I do not wish to socialize with the other students, I just want to do my work. And besides, it interrupts my performance when I'm not 100% focused on my work.

Not many schools have staff who are good at distinguishing between someone who prefers to be on their own and is happier that way and someone who is feeling lost and lonely and excluded. But it is an important distinction, and natural loners have a right to be left alone...

Can you tell the difference?

Kathleen

Its obvious...

Just watch them, it'll become clear.

Oh yea, that reminds me...

I was once put in some "executive skills class" because I was "anti-social".

What did you learn?

Kathleen

Nothing...

I just became EXTREMELY annoyed.

I'm curious, Antigreen!

What was so annoying?

Kathleen