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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I work in college mental health. Another factor are greater numbers of students taking semester or yearlong leaves of absence to deal with depression or other serious mental health issues. This is becoming much more common.

What is going on? This is becoming very common in high school, too. I know of three girls with major depression and anxiety. One has been hospitalized twice. Too much bubble wrap as kids, and then too many high expectations (sports, community service, honors, straight A's, gotta get in an Ivy, etc.)?[/quote]
 I am not unsympathetic to individuals with mental illness because there is a strong  history of depression in my family.  However, I do not think that our current style of parenting is preparing our children for the realities of life.  By protecting them from every disappointment, fighting all of their battles for them, giving a trophy for showing up, etc. we have created a generation of young people who are ill prepared for disappointment.  [/quote]

I think thats too simplistic.  While environment can contribute there is a biological reason why some kids will get depression and others won't.  There are environmental triggers for cancer as well, and I hope you don;t blame that on people either.  You are talking off the top of your head anyway.  You really have no way of knowing (a) if there are truly more depressed kids now than previously -- I don;t think so, and (2) if there has ever been any studies connecting it with what you are off the top of your head guessing.  And since you really don;t know these things, you opining is painful for those of us who do have children with depression.  I have never fought my DS' battles for him, I have never protected him from disappointment, he has never received any trophies period, and yet he ahs struggled with depression.

But thanks for being supportive.  Not.[/quote]

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