Teenage Suicide

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separation between parents and their children. "Twenty five years ago, the ‘in' thing to do was to live your life for your kids.
Now...the ‘in' thing to do is balance a job and become successful while bringing up your kids. If we are not careful about this trend...soon kids will be a bother rather than a joy. This mentality has caused the teens of today to feel that they need to share their time with their parent's job or jobs. They for the most part, are not comfortable sharing their problems with their parents. The largest number of teenage suicides are in the upper class homes where there is so much pressure to preform and no outlet to discuss their problems (DeKonty)." When teens cannot discuss their problems with their parents, they will turn to other teens for help. But what happens to the highly sensitive information that they do not feel they can trust their friends with? They hold it all inside until they feel that the only way to get rid of the pain is ...

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of suicide. Other methods of suicide are ingestions, hanging, asphyxiation, and jumping(Shaffer). Saturday and Monday are the most common suicide days. Alaska and Nevada have the highest suicide rates(Suicide).
The most renown suicide attempt area is the Golden Gate bridge. Harold Wobber's suicide in August 1937 was the first documented suicide from the Golden Gate bridge. Since then more than twelve hundred are known to have jumped to their deaths from the suspension bridge. Many experts believe that more then twice that number have jumped , but their bodies were swept away by the cold currents. There are two other leading suicide icons, the Empire State Building which has thirty one ...

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