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well there needs to be someone who notices when these children are that depressed that they would such a thoughtless act
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Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 11:22 PM
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It is an epidemic for certain! I think suicide is the end result of severe depression. Social media has a way of bullying that is unlike none other in history and these teens feel a deep pain that is beyond the bullying of our times! They get a perspective of the whole world knows everything and yet it is not that way until they take their life! sam 
posted by
sam444
on May 17, 2012 at 10:15 PM
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that could be the main reason
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 10:05 PM
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Re: My eldest was bullied and it made him nervous and with drawn
I dont know about the kids these days
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM
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hear, hear - I don't think parents are as hands-on or as plugged in as to what their kids are doing compared to past generations.
posted by
Troosha
on May 17, 2012 at 7:47 PM
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My eldest was bullied and it made him nervous and with drawn
but I don't think that he ever considered suicide. Just has made him a great parent really.
posted by
Kabu
on May 17, 2012 at 7:39 PM
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Re: lustorlove
that is to keep them entertained while the parents work to buy them more toys
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 4:36 PM
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yes that is so true, is it in the parenting?
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 4:35 PM
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lustorlove
It is a serious problem that I believe starts at home. You touched on a good point with 'texting' and cell phone and parents shouldn't be as free with their money going to their kids.
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 17, 2012 at 2:44 PM
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Yeah, I grew up with and was surrounded by bullies too. And if every kid my age who got bullied had committed suicide, our population by now would have decreased by several thousand! Two wrongs don't make a right, and suicide, like you said, does nothing to "get back at" the bully! Strange times we live in indeed!
posted by
JimmyA
on May 17, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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so very true
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM
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yea so they could do whatever they wanted
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM
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Today's bullying is worse than it ever was, it can be brutal. Schools, teachers, officials should be stonger against it. Those are the parents that should take a look at their children or are those children the products of bullying parents?
posted by
Justi
on May 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM
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When I was in high school, a kid no one considered even to be unhappy--because he never let it show--killed himself. I knew him, a little. There had been a suicide a few years before, too, in that nice suburban school. No one ever knew why--there were rumors, but we kids never knew for sure.
I agree, having a parent at home for the kids, would be a help--if that parent is there for the kids. I know some kids--and grown folk now--that were happier when that parent was not at home.
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Ciel
on May 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM
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yes, we hear of it more by media but I never heard of anyone in my age bracket doing this deed as a kid or teenager
posted by
Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 9:42 AM
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Re: There are a couple of answers to your questions that come to mind.
and one thing I would have to say, we need more stay at home moms to help with the raising of a child and be aware of their situation
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Lanetay
on May 17, 2012 at 9:41 AM
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What Ciel says makes a lot of sense. Now with news being 24/7, we hear about suicides and bullying incidents more. I wonder too if kids hear about it and decide that is the way to go for them. Hopefully we can put an end to a serious problem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM
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There are a couple of answers to your questions that come to mind.
One, is that while there have always been bullies and bullying, it is only in latter years that we are generally aware, as a wider community, of suicides: we have a much faster, wider-ranging means of sharing information and news, so we hear of more such incidents.
Do they not realize...? No, they don't. They are kids. They don't have a great sense of proportion, tend to be very self-involved, and are wracked with emotional pain they don't know how to cope with. And when one is at the point where suicide seems a rational option, one is way past the point where one can believe anyone cares. Suicide is a profoundly lonely act, committed by one who feels utterly abandoned and isolated.
And that's why you are totally correct in saying that parents and the friends who do care need to be aware and supportive of a kid, not just who might be in trouble, but all the time, because that is what parenting is. If there are more suicides by kids for any reason, in these times, I would say that's why: kids are abandoned to cope with all the challenges of adolescence, on their own.
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Ciel
on May 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM
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