Recent suicides at Langley HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have learned that we need to teach our children resilience. I have not heard any similarities between the two recent cases and the Anderson case.

All three were current Langley students. That's all. Yes, other schools have similar problems.

How do you suggest teaching resilience, PP?

[Anonymous]

Resilience must be developed. It comes from letting your kids make mistakes. I'm not sure if you can teach it. It has to be learned.

[Anonymous]

cont. I don't mean to imply that the parents of those students did not do this. Depression is another thing. But, kids need to be able to accept failure and disappointment.

[Anonymous]

The child discussed earlier from the past had made some very poor decisions. I don't know if that is the case with these kids prior to the ultimate poor decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have learned that we need to teach our children resilience. I have not heard any similarities between the two recent cases and the Anderson case.

All three were current Langley students. That's all. Yes, other schools have similar problems.

How do you suggest teaching resilience, PP?

Josh was not a Langley student at the time of his death.

[Anonymous]

Maybe, as parents, we are all guilty. I know I supported the trophy for everyone mentality. Not sure I would do that again passed six years old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have learned that we need to teach our children resilience. I have not heard any similarities between the two recent cases and the Anderson case.

Depression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The child discussed earlier from the past had made some very poor decisions. I don't know if that is the case with these kids prior to the ultimate poor decision.

What kind of poor decisions are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

I had not heard that the first one was depressed prior to the incident that caused him dismissal from Langley.

[Anonymous]

Josh's story is public. Google is truly your friend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have learned that we need to teach our children resilience. I have not heard any similarities between the two recent cases and the Anderson case.

All three were current Langley students. That's all. Yes, other schools have similar problems.

How do you suggest teaching resilience, PP?

Josh was not a Langley student at the time of his death.

You're so right. He was expelled before he killed himself. Your point is?
Your hands are clean?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To be perfectly honest, these posters don't know the boy.

Do you know anything?

I know a lot first hand. But what is known publicly is that the family of the second boy (the first family does not want anything publicly known) has asked that donations in his memory be made to the Josh Anderson Foundation for teenagers dealing with depression.

How are the funds spent?

I'm sure a Google search search would provide that information.

Thanks. Just read about Josh's nightmare. He was also a student at Langley. I appreciate how much his family shared. Perhaps the current two families will be ready at some point in the future. We have so much to learn here. But how can we, if the secrets are hushed? We know that some medications are prone to cause suicidal tendencies. But if neither student was using prescriptions, then that wasn't a factor here. But we have no clue, so let's keep guessing what factors played into these two tragedies. What have we learned?

Excuse me, but you know nothing. Josh Anderson was a student at South Lakes HS. Stop trying to blame every case of depression and/or suicide on Langley!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To be perfectly honest, these posters don't know the boy.

Do you know anything?

I know a lot first hand. But what is known publicly is that the family of the second boy (the first family does not want anything publicly known) has asked that donations in his memory be made to the Josh Anderson Foundation for teenagers dealing with depression.

How are the funds spent?

I'm sure a Google search search would provide that information.

Thanks. Just read about Josh's nightmare. He was also a student at Langley. I appreciate how much his family shared. Perhaps the current two families will be ready at some point in the future. We have so much to learn here. But how can we, if the secrets are hushed? We know that some medications are prone to cause suicidal tendencies. But if neither student was using prescriptions, then that wasn't a factor here. But we have no clue, so let's keep guessing what factors played into these two tragedies. What have we learned?

Excuse me, but you know nothing. Josh Anderson was a student at South Lakes HS. Stop trying to blame every case of depression and/or suicide on Langley!

Indeed. After he got expelled from Langley, South Lakes accepted him. And?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To be perfectly honest, these posters don't know the boy.

Do you know anything?

I know a lot first hand. But what is known publicly is that the family of the second boy (the first family does not want anything publicly known) has asked that donations in his memory be made to the Josh Anderson Foundation for teenagers dealing with depression.

How are the funds spent?

I'm sure a Google search search would provide that information.

Thanks. Just read about Josh's nightmare. He was also a student at Langley. I appreciate how much his family shared. Perhaps the current two families will be ready at some point in the future. We have so much to learn here. But how can we, if the secrets are hushed? We know that some medications are prone to cause suicidal tendencies. But if neither student was using prescriptions, then that wasn't a factor here. But we have no clue, so let's keep guessing what factors played into these two tragedies. What have we learned?

Excuse me, but you know nothing. Josh Anderson was a student at South Lakes HS. Stop trying to blame every case of depression and/or suicide on Langley!

Indeed. After he got expelled from Langley, South Lakes accepted him. And?

I wonder how the families of these boys feel, knowing how complete strangers are actually relishing the details of their child's life and speculating about what led their beloved son to take his life. I also wonder how any of you would feel if the shoe were on the other foot. Is there not an ounce of empathy in your bodies? Not only for the boys, but also for their families?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be perfectly honest, these posters don't know the boy.

Do you know anything?

I know a lot first hand. But what is known publicly is that the family of the second boy (the first family does not want anything publicly known) has asked that donations in his memory be made to the Josh Anderson Foundation for teenagers dealing with depression.

How are the funds spent?

I'm sure a Google search search would provide that information.

Thanks. Just read about Josh's nightmare. He was also a student at Langley. I appreciate how much his family shared. Perhaps the current two families will be ready at some point in the future. We have so much to learn here. But how can we, if the secrets are hushed? We know that some medications are prone to cause suicidal tendencies. But if neither student was using prescriptions, then that wasn't a factor here. But we have no clue, so let's keep guessing what factors played into these two tragedies. What have we learned?

Excuse me, but you know nothing. Josh Anderson was a student at South Lakes HS. Stop trying to blame every case of depression and/or suicide on Langley!

Indeed. After he got expelled from Langley, South Lakes accepted him. And?

I wonder how the families of these boys feel, knowing how complete strangers are actually relishing the details of their child's life and speculating about what led their beloved son to take his life. I also wonder how any of you would feel if the shoe were on the other foot. Is there not an ounce of empathy in your bodies? Not only for the boys, but also for their families?

Silence does not equate with empathy, as I see it. Working to really understand the struggles of these high school suicides, does. What are you proposing? Just smile and say we're sorry. That's fine as long as you don't stop there, for God's sake.