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How depressed parents and their children interact
Depressed parents are less likely than nondepressed parents to play with, hug, read to, or sing to their young children each day or to employ the same routine each day. They are also more likely to get frustrated with their children on a daily basis. Such problematic interactions may help explain the repeated research finding that children of depressed parents are more likely than other children to have emotional, cognitive, or behavioral difficulties (Information from: Turney, 2011; Princeton Survey Research Associates, 1996).
How depressed parents and their children interact
Depressed parents are less likely than nondepressed parents to play with, hug, read to, or sing to their young children each day or to employ the same routine each day. They are also more likely to get frustrated with their children on a daily basis. Such problematic interactions may help explain the repeated research finding that children of depressed parents are more likely than other children to have emotional, cognitive, or behavioral difficulties (Information from: Turney, 2011; Princeton Survey Research Associates, 1996).