Everyone's Health

How to Destroy Children

Adults tend to remember childhood as an idyllic, happy time.

They're kidding themselves.

Various studies suggest as much as one-quarter of all children spend more time feeling unhappy than happy. The National Institutes of Mental Health estimates that up to 8.3 percent of American adolescents suffer from depression.

Often, experts say, parents either are unaware of their child's unhappiness or they have no idea how to improve the situation. In a new book, “The Unhappy Child,” child psychologist Kenneth Condrell outlines the 10 most common causes of childhood unhappiness, identifies revealing signs and suggests solutions.

The 10 primary causes:

1. Mismanaged divorces

2. Depressed parents

3. Children who feel like failures

4. Peer rejection and cruelty

5. Quarreling parents

6. Parental favoritism

7. Permissive parenting

8. Dysfunctional stepfamilies

9. Sibling abuse

10. Parents who are chronically angry

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