Why Do Kids Kill Themselves

Police, teachers, principals, state senators, and many others claim it’s not bullying that causes these mind numbing numbers of suicides and school shootings. They truly believe it is mental illness, depression, anger, and PTSD that causes the overwhelming number of suicides and shootings. What they fail to comprehend is that those are side effects as a result of being bullied.

On the news this nine-year old Jackson Grubb committed suicide because he was getting bullied in school. That's just the beginning of the story we will find out how he committed suicide at the end of the story. Jackson was getting bullied in school. Jackson lived in Raleigh county, West Virginia with his older sister and parents. His parents were devastated when their daughter found him dead one day after school in their back yard. This was going on far too long in school, but you also got to think that he did not tell anyone and if he did who ever he told did not listen. So Jackson thought that if he committed suicide that the bullies would forget all about him. My question is, Why does everyone almost gets bullied and commits suicide? Have you ever and I mean ever thought that your young kid is getting bullied in school and he or she has not told you so that you can do something

It is up to everyone to be aware of kids who are getting bullied in order to stop it. If students at school held the example that bullying is not at all cool it would reduce greatly considering many of them copy their friends. As it is obvious many of the kids who commit suicide are so young more help should be sent out to them in order for them to escape the torment. Being that suicide happens more with younger kids that is why I feel like what we are doing now to stop bullying is not enough because many still have to do with it. If bullies saw the serious punishments it came with they would surely stop. All the kids need is someone there for them guiding them and telling them they are worth living. Some have no one in their life they can count on so giving them that love and caring would boost their

Many people think that a lot has been done to prevent youth suicide. 2,415 teenagers have been committing suicide per year in the last 5 years (Hunter Institute of Mental Health, 2014). Most of them have done that due to psychological issues. Furthermore, bullying is also one of the causes that we should be focused on. In addition, technological developments make it easier for teenager to get bullied through the Internet and social media. I think people should be concerned about youth suicide rather than physical health only because it could be a silent killer to this generation. I don’t think that people have done enough to prevent youth suicide.

Bullying is happening all over the world and it is a huge problem. According to www.bullyingstatistics.org, victims of bullying are between 2 to 9 times more likely to commit or consider suicide. If bullying is stopped or lowered around the world, the suicide levels would drop as well. Telling about bullies can help others going through it.

Bullying is a subject I totally take personally. There have been many occasions in which I found myself a victim of this epidemic, because that’s exactly what it is, an epidemic, a silent war, that no one seems to understand or even want to face alone, this issue that have swept under the rug all across this nation for a very long time, for far too long. The buck stops here! While reading through my Sunday morning paper over breakfast, I happened to run across a story that really tugged at my heart strings, and this is not the first story like this I’ve read. A young woman in high school here in my town kills herself because of continual bullying initiated by someone else at school. The question that runs through my mind is, why? There are

Bullying is the cause of many suicides and deaths (Home n. pag). In McCormack’s article, he explains how many students are bullied each day and harassed to the point where they question their own self-esteem. They are no longer

Kids that commit suicide at such a young age because of bullying should make America do something about it. More than 14 percent of student that attend a high school have considered committing suicide, and about 7 percent has attempted it. According to Yale University “bully victims are between 2 or 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. Committing suicide is bad in general but when a student commits suicide it is unexplainable because a student has their future ahead of them and they could lose that because a student or students decided to pick on someone because they wanted to be “cool” or show off in front of their friends. Losing lives is not an easy thing to go through. When bullies decide to make fun of a student and

Even though family and social factors are a significant cause, these cannot be the only elements of a child’s life that may explain why a child would kill (Nelson, 1983). Davis (2003) suggests a child that has been neglected and traumatised will have a brain that has developed differently to that of a child that grew up in a loving home. Nelson (1983) supports this theory, stating that a child who is brought up in a loving and stable environment will be protected from brain damage that may cause killer behaviour. The youth offender worker (Appendix 4) claims that that brain injury, whether acquired accidently or otherwise is a major contributing factor of young people who have committed violent or sexual crimes.

Telling someone that they are fat does not make you any skinnier calling someone dumb or stupid won’t make you any smarter and saying someone should die doesn’t make you any better than them. Teens cut themselves and hurt themselves because of being bullied and most end up killing themselves because of the words others say. Most kids and teens feel defenceless when they are being verbally or physically bullied.

The Webster’s dictionary defines a parent as a person who brings up and cares for another. Since a parent is defined as such, what would push a child to murder their parents? A child who murders their parents can also be called a Parricide. The dreadful behavior of killing one’s parents is most commonly seen as a legal or clinical problem but not both. Legal explanations are frequently based on reports from forensic settings (i.e. ballistics, and evidence). Clinical descriptions are based on similar case studies on the same demographics, psychotic diagnosis, and bio-psychosocial analysis. One thing that can be identified between almost all parricides, is that there was a parent child conflict(s) that

How would you feel if your sibling or child committed suicide, and you didn't see it coming? Parents should pay more attention to their child's behavior,or change of personality ;and look for immediate help. More professional help like psychologist should be available at any time. As well as, having any kind of support facility or prevention group. Teenage suicide percentage in America is increasing, and it’s the third leading cause of death for teenagers. But not much help is being offered for these teens. Most teenage suicide happens for any kind of bullying in social media or school. There should be more control, and ways to handle these kinds of situation. To conclude, there is a lot more, to this major problem.

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself,” said by an anti-bullying activist, Tim Fields. In America there are people who go through the pain of being bullied or raped. There are many ways people can choose to deal with their issues. Some people choose to deal with these issues by talking to someone. Others choose to shut down. They either feel scared or ashamed to tell anyone. These issues are really important and should be taken seriously. The best thing to do is to talk to someone and not have suicide be an option. With suicide being the second leading cause of death in

Many people do not realize how serious bullying has become. If you look at statistics suicides due to bullying have increased over just a few short years. This has become a very big problem for not only the victim but the bully as well as it affect both of them. School bullying is mentally destructive to not only the victims, but bullies because of the harmful words, harassment, and physical violence involved as well as the consequences for the bully.

Suicide rates for teenagers have increased drastically over the years, but there are no new programs being set up to try and correctly treat patients to lower the rate. Suicidal thoughts are automatically assumed to be triggered by mental deformities, like depression and anxiety. Because of this, teenagers with thoughts of suicide are given varieties of medication and forced into hospitals to try and control their urges. Strategies like this may just be making the problem worse. Should mental disorders be the ultimate primary diagnosis of suicidal attempts? Should external factors be more seriously considered in the course of prescribing treatments? As technology gets more advanced, students are exposed to a whole new scenario of harassment. On top of this stress- college tuition is rising, unemployment is increasing, and for some, bills are drastically overweighing income. Suicide rates will never attain zero percent because the reasons will always be there, permanently preventing complete happiness in every individual. The question that needs to be asked is, what causes have made suicide rates increase so swiftly? Is it the issues one individual battles inside of themselves, or problems with the outside world? This question is significant in our modern society because the correct causes need to be determined before anyone could be correctly treated. While there will always be multiple reasons for suicide, diagnosing the leading cause of