Children's depression

Lawrence says: The truth is that it is possible for children to feel down sometimes.

According to statistics, there are approximately two percent of children under twelve that can experience significant depression. By the time they reach their teenage years, the number rises to five percent. In a classroom of twenty people, that means there is likely to be one depressed child on average.

Half of the adults who develop depression are able to pinpoint symptoms of depressions even before they were twenty years old. However, there are children who are more resilient than others. Some children are able to cope better than others while there are children who become completely depressed.