So... if you want to report your work, you first have to navigate their emotional minefield. You shouldn't go to him when he's in a depressed mood. Secondly, when you do approach him, you'll have to complement him like your life depends on it, then if he gets into a good mood, he'll be likely to adopt whatever you say.

Don't get depressed. It will be cooler this evening. I can go for a walk with you.

In the recent year, both father and I have been very busy with work in separate parts of the country. The family finances continue to deteriorate day by day. When he was young, he left home to make a living. He had achieved so many great things all by himself. Who would have imagined his older years to be so disheartening. It is no surprise that as he looks back on his life and feels sad and dispirited. These circumstances made him very temperamental and every trivial matter at home made him angry. He started to treat me differently than he did before. After these recent two years of separation, however, he finally forgot about my failing and started to showing interest and tenderness to my son and I.

Ah, tell him that depressed bad boys are already out of fashion and that the new trend is for sincere upbeat guys!

Using language like this to create public pressure on someone in order to hurt them is awful. Just one off the cuff comment can result in someone getting depressed, or even committing suicide.

You won't, you won't. You don't want me to do something stupid because I'm so depressed at not being able to get with the freshman girl, do you?