Here’s why more young people in Texas are considering suicide

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Man, didn't realize this was such a problem


https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article229074709.html

Here’s why more young people in Texas are considering suicide

Nearly one in eight Texas high school students attempted suicide in 2017 — 12.3 percent compared to the national average of 7.4 percent, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The attempted suicide rate for Fort Worth students was 10.6 percent. The statistics are from the Texas High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2017. The question asked students if they had attempted suicide one or more times in the 12 months prior to the survey. The percentage of Texas students who said they had increased from 8.4 in 2007.
 
That's the sad truth of it. The only way to avoid it is to have no social media but convicing a teenager to avoid social media is mission impossible.
 
peilthetraveler said:
If you were bullied in school pre-1990s, you go home and get to depressurize. Now, with social media, the bullies come home with you. You get no break from them.
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sticks and stones
mlawson71 said:
That's the sad truth of it. The only way to avoid it is to have no social media but convicing a teenager to avoid social media is mission impossible.
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this guy gets it.

I worry that we've raised a generation that is so weak willed as to not be able to step away from self-flagellation and where 1.2/10 kids opt out instead.
 
What do you expect when we use drugs instead of discipline in raising children? When all behavior is excused and accepted? When all forms of testing both mentally and physically are lowered to a point that achievement becomes meaningless. Throw in some gender confusion and tell them the world is ending on a daily basis...what could possibly go wrong with a formula like that?
 
I doubt 1/8 are really attempting suicide. The successful suicide rates would be much higher (like 5percent of all high school students).
 
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