As a parent, you’ll witness your child through their many emotional phases. Happy for their first day of school, cranky about the math test, giddy after a sleepover, or heartbroken over a lost friendship. These emotional ups and downs are a natural and essential part of growing up. But when emotions like sadness or irritability linger for longer than expected, it could be a sign of something else!! Depression in children and teens goes unnoticed because it doesn’t show up the way depression in adults does.