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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So far someone has blamed the parents for cajoling for As. Someone else blamed the parents for being too strict in general, or too lax. The article doesn't support any of these conclusions.

Maybe nobody is to blame. Maybe she suffered from major depression and/or anxiety. In many cases depression and/or anxiety are genetic. Or, sometimes the pressure comes from the kid herself (the article says dad supported the Lehigh option but she chose Penn herself).

FWIW, Lehigh might have been the answer, and then again it might have not. I'm from the Allentown-Bethlehem area, and Lehigh has quite a reputation for frats. A female friend of mine was fairly unhappy at Lehigh.

We will never know. [/quote]While I agree with your basic premise, you should read carefully what the posters said.  [b]One poster said in general related to his/her experience of parents who push for As, others spoke in general about parents being lax or strict.  But no one accused the parents of the young woman who committed suicide.  
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Should we misinterpret your comment that if she attended Lehigh she would have been unhappy because you have a friend who was unhappy.  Please don't insinuate things that aren't there.[/quote]

but the kids from their experience did not commit suicides! not to mention - they, too, spoke from their experience so lehigh poster's experience has as much weight as theirs.

somebody knew some kids who partied hard, did drugs, were promiscuous or unhappy, and they had too strict, or uninvolved parents, and somehow there are lessons there to be learned on suicide prevention. despite the fact that none of those kids actually committed suicide and that none of the kids who actually did, fit that profile.

the fact of the matter is, suicide is very unpredictable. some people (parents) here want to feel like it could not possibly happen to them because of they way they parent. this is not true. as this and some other stories show, it could. let's just pray it doesn't.[/quote]

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