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And that is the dysfunction that I also wrote about.  In the past few years I have heard a lot about suicides in Whitman, Churchill and Wootton.  I don't recall hearing about suicides in Poolsville magnet, Blair Magnet or RMIB magnet.  Do we have any stats about suicide in the magnet population?  [/quote]

Here is what you're thinking.

1. If a teenager committed suicide, then there must have been something wrong ("dysfunctional") in the family, because otherwise the teenager wouldn't have committed suicide.
2. I won't do those wrong things as a parent, so my teenager won't commit suicide.

That's magical thinking, and it harms both you and others.

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My kid is in the magnet program and is able to handle the rigor + he has the support system in place.  The schools where the suicides happen seem to be the same schools where parents serve alcohol at teen parties, and kids are prescribed massive amounts of ADHD drugs.  It may also be a cultural and race thing.   So, yes, the dysfunction exists in these families. [/quote]

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