Parenting Through Depression

 From Child Mind Institute

"Feeling sad and exhausted, struggling to enjoy time with your kids: Depression can make parenting feel overwhelming and leave you worried and frustrated. Will this affect my children? How can I be the parent I want to be when I feel like this? But having depression doesn’t mean you’re a bad parent, and if you’re experiencing it, you’re not alone.

This week on childmind.org we have new guidance on how to make parenting with depression, and other mental health issues like anxiety and ADHD, more manageable. Experiencing depression while trying to parent is hard, but treatment can be effective. And discussing depression — and what you’re doing to care for yourself — with kids in an age-appropriate way can help them learn how to care for their own mental health as they grow.

- Hannah Sheldon-Dean, Staff Writer | ✉"