Suicide related emergency room visits for young people have increased every year since 2011 https://today.uconn.edu/2023/05/mental-health-crises-spike-among-youth/
we should expand their access to guns AND take away their access to mental health professionals, and while we're at it, make them feel guilty and subhuman for being gay, or trans or bi or "illegal immigrants", or if they feel different in any way shape or form. sincerely, Florida.
Didn't read the link, but social media isn't to blame, it's lazy parenting. Being a quality parent it hard as fuck.
This article freaks me out. I'm scared about what it's going to be like when my kid is middle school age. https://www.oregonlive.com/educatio...-help-manage-student-behavioral-problems.html
Nothing has changed, you have to be there for your kid with love and discipline from Day 1. Can't wait til middle school, too late, foundation is set. You gotta' do the ground work at an early age and be present in their lives, every aspect. There are distractions and "bad kids" like there always has been, but if you prep your kid, they will have a fantastic chance to succeed.
While I agree with the sentiment I would argue that some of us, I suppose, are just naturally good at fucking and do not find it that hard, honestly.
I'm not excited enough to read the article, but I have to question the conclusion in the headline. More emergency room visits doesn't necessarily imply more crises, it could be that the response to crises is just changing in that direction. Back in my day, if a kid was in crisis, we'd just take turns beating him until his morale improved. barfo
No suicide is up in children, specifically in girls. There have been studies linking it to social media.
https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/03/16/oh...cide-attempts-by-pre-teen-children-nationwide In a paper published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, OHSU researchers with the Oregon Poison Center, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Child Psychiatry examined over 928,000 incidents of intentional ingestion of toxic substances by 6- to 18-year-olds, reported to 55 poison centers across the United States between 2000 and 2020. Over that 20-year period, researchers observed an increase in suicidal overdoses beginning around 2012. The most significant increase was among children in the 10- to 12-year-old group, which increased from 1,058 in 2010 to 5,606 in 2020 — a fivefold increase.
Yes and no to a certain extent. I agree with a lot of what you said but social media is partially to blame for this. You can do everything right as a parent and these kids still see so many images that make them upset and can be bullied in new and different ways that most of us never thought of growing up in the 90s and earlier. I don't envy the kids these days and the things they have to deal with that we never did.
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/hea...-youth-suicide-already-at-record-high/2021/04 The rate of suicide for those ages 10 to 24 increased nearly 60% between 2007 and 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reported that suicide was the second leading cause of death among people ages 10-34 in 2018.
Kids don't have to have social media, don't have to be given unfettered access to the internet. Respectfully-established and consistently-reinforced boundaries prevent much of what you mention.
This is an interesting article https://www.cwla.org/increased-suicide-rates-among-children-aged-5-to-11-years-in-the-u-s/ The day of the suicide revealed that 32 percent of the child victims were disciplined at school, and an argument occurred in the home followed by disciplinary action. With most of the child victims being at home at the time of the suicide, findings indicated that an adult in 58.4 percent of cases was also present in the home. Suspected or confirmed child abuse and neglect were associated in 27.1 percent of the cases, and 40.6 percent experienced multiple traumatic events. Domestic violence, parental substance abuse, family history of psychological problems, or suicide were documented in approximately 40 percent of the child victim’s cases. 1 in 4 of the child victims has a history of trauma.
