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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would cut that friendship off very quickly. As someone who had friends attempt suicide or cut, it's never going to be a healthy friendship. You don't want your kid 
to spend their time trying to save that person or feel responsible should something happen. [/quote]

What in the world???

You think that a kid with a negative coping mechanism for depression and anxiety deserves to have friendships cut off??? That's terrible. My child has plenty of healthy friendships, even a bf/gf. Those friendships are important and meaningful, isolation would be devastating. I acknowledge some teens doing this will push boundaries, threaten self-harm, but that is a separate issue. For my child, it is really all about internal feelings.

Yes it is scary, yes it is sad, yes it makes no sense to those of us who could not imagine cutting ourselves. These kids do not want to do this, they certainly do not want to be judged or isolated for it. 
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Cutting off isn’t appropriate. But what OP is asking her son to do is also at least borderline inappropriate. He needs to be a kid hanging with a friend going through a tough time, not a therapist. [/quote]

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