I've been depressed since I was about 13 and my mum and dad still don't know, my daughter is 11 and has just left primary school (although they were really good for encouraging children to be open and talk about things, the school was the reason I'm getting the help I need now) we've established that leaving school is the reason my daughter feels sad (a handful of her good friends are going to different high schools and she probably won't see them again) and I think some of it is because we got a puppy last year who was unfortunately very sick and passed away after 3 days, we got another puppy not long after (she turns one this month) but I know my daughter is still hurting about the first one (I am too but I try not to think about him too much) I think she just needs to be busy and keep her mind off things which in turn forces me to keep busy too