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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suicide is to some extent contagious, so you see clusters like this at universities.  We had this happen at W&M when I was a student.  [/quote]

I think this is key. I also think there's less and less stigma attached to suicide. Go read the comments on social media account of a kid who kills him/herself. Peers are saying things like "be w/ the angels," "fly away," "peace," etc. I'm not saying that's bad, but there's some idealization of suicide going on w/ this generation. Finally, I don't think anyone has mentioned the decline of religion/faith, which undoubtedly is playing some role in this phenomenon. [/quote]

religion/faith is NOT needed.  What is needed is the presence of family and friends.  Parents need to be involved and aware of what their kid is doing in life and social media.  Talk to your kids.  Drive your kid and their friends somewhere that's at least 20-30 mins away and just sit back and LISTEN to the discussion.  Get to know your kid's friends so you can be aware of when there might be issues.  My kid's friends moms are like 2nd moms to my kids.  We all know that if we hear something concerning to alert the other parents---be it social issues, what might be depression/anxiety, BF/GF issues, etc.  While our kids say they don't want us involved (it's not cool), they actually do and will open up if you make the effort to routinely talk with them---I know it's hard, I had a teen girl who preferred 1 word answers---"yah" or "nope" are the routine answers, so you sometimes have to work hard to pull out the real answer.  Personally most of us get more info about our kids from the other parents as the kids happily chat while in the car.

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Maybe your life has been too easy if you believe that religion or, more appropriately, faith is not needed.[/quote]

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