"I wish I was dead.” Today, when your child says these words, they cannot be brushed off as simple teen angst. There is a chance she is seriously considering taking her life. According to a survey by ...

When your child tells you they are feeling sad, it's important to offer them support and show that you care. Even before the pandemic, anxiety and depression were becoming more common among children ...

The volcano stands for the poet’s voice and her anger, which is the boiling point of hundreds of years of women’s fights. The ...

Childhood depression is a growing yet often misunderstood mental health concern. Unlike an adult, a child might not be able to use the right emotional words or have the right level of self-knowledge ...

Novelist Erin Entrada Kelly remembers throwing herself “pity parties” as a child. As the name suggests, her pity parties allowed her to wallow in her feelings of sadness and frustration in peace with ...

Radial reports that teen depression is prevalent yet under-treated. Effective options include therapy, antidepressants, and ...

Anderson is a journalist, author and speaker. She spent 20 years covering finance including 10 at the New York Times before shifting her focus to learning. She is currently working on a book about the ...

Sometimes, a child is serious and quiet by nature. It can be a mistake to try to make that child more upbeat--It suggests that their essence, a not-malevolent essence, is unacceptable. Although it may ...

In the midst of writing this column, I learned a friend’s teen daughter had died. I am steeped in sadness. There is disbelief, a deep ache in my heart, and the knowledge the lives of her parents, ...

Leading reproductive and mental health experts have said the sex of a baby could sometimes trigger emotional stress for new mothers, particularly when the child’s gender does not align with family ...

Music can heal you in many ways, but nothing comes close to the salve of sad songs when you’re at your lowest. Imagine Emma, who comes home after a long and stressful day at work, dealing with tight ...