Hi,
I have posted before about my son who has depression. This week he seems bad. I let him stay home from school this week as he had a minor head cold. As it is his final year and he didn't seem too sick I made him go to school on Thursday. He was very quiet and didn't want to talk about anything when he came home. He refused a hug, spent the night crying and woke up this morning with a severe headache- probably from the crying. He didn't want to go to school again. I let him stay home but have booked an appointment with the Dr.
I don't know if I did the right thing by keeping him home or making him go to school. Did I make things worse? He has really closed up and won't comminicate at all. It is a balance of me trying not to be too pushy, but also of the worry that he is missing too much school. I am trying to understand this depression, but at times like this it is difficult to know what is going through his head.

Lisa