American Children Killing Themselves at Record Rate

Call it “Culture of Death” contagion or call it something else, but American youngsters are killing themselves at what appears a record rate. In fact, strikingly, there are now even cases of suicide involving eight- and nine-year-olds.

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The spike mainly involves middle-schoolers, however. As USA Today reports, “The suicide rate among 10- to 14-year-olds doubled between 2007 and 2014, for the first time surpassing the death rate in that age group from car crashes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2014 alone, 425 middle schoolers nationwide took their own lives.”
The paper continues, “Researchers, educators and psychologists say several factors — increased pressure on students to achieve academically, more economic uncertainty, increased fear of terrorism and social media — are behind the rise in suicides among the young.”
Social media was highly implicated because it enables bullying to continue beyond school doors and hours. Yet while USA Today cites an expert lamenting that with “social media you can’t turn people off,” this is untrue. Electronic devices have off buttons and social-media-platform membership and participation aren’t compulsory, last I heard. The deeper problem is that parents allow kids too much screen time (and are often addicted themselves).

American Children Killing Themselves at Record Rate

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