Proper discipline for depressed teens?!
Question: Proper discipline for depressed teens!?
Hi,
My daughter is in weekly therapy for severe depression and a suicide attempt!. We are dealing with her problems in therapy, but my question is how should i discipline her, since she is fragile!? She can't get away with whatever she wants, and i am sensitive to that, but i know she still has to live by the rules of the home!. I have a hard time being "hard" on her at all since she is depressed!.!.!.i worry that if i discipline her it might push her over the top!.any suggestions or tips from those who may have experience!? I also plan to ask her therapist at her next appointment!.!.!.thank you for any suggestionsWww@Answer-Health@Com
My daughter is in weekly therapy for severe depression and a suicide attempt!. We are dealing with her problems in therapy, but my question is how should i discipline her, since she is fragile!? She can't get away with whatever she wants, and i am sensitive to that, but i know she still has to live by the rules of the home!. I have a hard time being "hard" on her at all since she is depressed!.!.!.i worry that if i discipline her it might push her over the top!.any suggestions or tips from those who may have experience!? I also plan to ask her therapist at her next appointment!.!.!.thank you for any suggestionsWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
when you need to discepline her, try to not do so when you are angry, and try to reason with her!. let her know you understand she is going through a hard time and you respect that, but you need her to understand there are rules in the home and you need her to respect those!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Maybe sit down and ask her about it!. She knows what her responsibilities were before!. She is capable of figuring out what is reasonable, and she might appreciate the opportunity to have some say!. I'm in no way a professional! So, this is only FWIW!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am very sorry to hear about your daughter, I have two daughters myself but I think the best thing that a mother can do is to sit down with her and open up and you and her have a long talk and tell her that you will always be there for her no matter what she does but some of the things that she does hurt you and you want all to be happy!. Keep telling her how much you love her and tell her that the bad things that she does needs to be handled in the right manner for instance tell her that she needs to help you do something and to you this is a punishment but to her she might think that she is just helping her mom do something!. no yelling because yelling in my family when I was growing up made me very depressed and I had to a someone once a week!. So just keep letting her now that you are always there!.
I hope that this helps you and I am sorry if it did not!.!.
Good LuckWww@Answer-Health@Com
I hope that this helps you and I am sorry if it did not!.!.
Good LuckWww@Answer-Health@Com