The fact is that adolescents face pressures that are far more intense than many adults realize. Dr. Daniel Goleman states: “Each successive generation worldwide since the opening of the [20th] century has lived with a higher risk than their parents of suffering a major depression — not just sadness, but a paralyzing listlessness, dejection, and self - pity, and an overwhelming hopelessness — over the course of life. And those episodes are beginning at earlier and earlier ages. ” Still, many parents might object: ‘ We made it through adolescence without becoming depressed.
„ ისინი ხომ ბავშვები არიან, — შეიძლება მსჯელობენ უფროსი ასაკის ადამიანები. — უზრუნველად ცხოვრობენ და, რა თქმა უნდა, ტვირთად არ აწევთ ის საზრუნავები, რაც უფროსებს აქვთ “.