Tag: Suicide Prevention

The mom of a bullied tween is begging you, parents: Teach your kids empathy, and don't give them access to social media.

If a child is born with a hole in her heart, everyone in our society would respond the same way. We would all say, "Oh, that's so sad! Is there something we can do?" No one would ever wag his head at the child or the parents and say, "You must have done something wrong!"

"Last night was too much. I couldn't bear another night of crying myself to sleep, of screaming into my pillow and praying for the pain to stop. I was tired. Tired of being sad. Tired of not being able to get out of bed. Tired of nobody caring."

"It doesn't seem possible. But it's what reality was, because it's written right there."

"Everything was not real. I was in a place where I just couldn't move."

"It doesn't seem possible. But it's what reality was, because it's written right there."

"It was a hot, July afternoon when I climbed my favorite tree. The tree climbing was nothing new, but the coil of old rope wrapped around my arm was..."

“We don’t believe it was a decision... It wasn’t him."