When I woke up this morning, I did my normal routine. I made myself some hot tea, put in some toast, and opened up my home page on my computer (which is currently fox news), and as I was scrolling down the list of recent articles, I read one title that completely blew my mind. "New Jersey Seven Year Old Commits Suicide."
Over the years I knew the number of how many people commit suicide has risen, but I sort of blinded myself to the idea that the age was becoming lower and lower as well. I remember studying clinical depression and suicide at one point and reading that suicides have ranged from the age of 5-27. Can you imagine? You just brought your five year old to their first day of kindergarden, they had a bad day, and you find them dead in their bedroom with their barbie doll laying beside them. That would be one of the worst things I think a parent, or anyone could ever go through.
In the article I read that this boy was a generally happy child who loved playing in his back yard. He was in all honors and advanced classes in school and had many friends in his classes. He was a great little boy to be around and what happened was completely unexpected. It hasn't been confirmed yet, but from what it sounds like this little boy got a bad grade on his test at school and was really shaken up about it. When his parents kept calling for him, but he wouldn't come down to dinner they went up to his room, only to found that he had hung himself.
Seven years old, and his life is already over by his own hands. We hear about this type of things happening to 14 year olds and its still way too young for them to even think of such things.
Death is permanent. Once you die, there is no coming back except for those few who have experienced a miracle and have recieved that gift of a second chance. My heart broke when I heard about this little boy because he had so much life he still had yet to live. Please dont let the pressures of this life in a temporary situation, cause you to make a decision that will be permanent. Dont let this life be a waste. Don't let the people you love, big or small, ever go on to thinking that if they make a mistake that its the end of the world.
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When I was 7 years old I didn't even know what suicide was or that you could kill your self...
How sad
But how the hell did a 7 year old know how to hang himself?
Maybe it is my sheltered innocence speaking, but I don't think I knew what "suicide" was until 6th grade when they made us start learning about "teen issues." Same with the kids I babysit... If I asked my 7 year old little friend how one goes about hanging themselves, she'd probably say something like wrapping your knees around the monkey bars and swinging upside down.
Damn parents.
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The problem with all this is perspective. What a lot of kids need to learn and realize is that High School (or Elementary School in this unfortunate case) ENDS. They don't realize that the weakness they possess at this age, turns around and gives them uniqueness later in life. And it's this shortsightedness that has resulted in these kind of tragedies.
I think there's a lot more to this story than you (or more likely Fox News) is telling. If this kid a) knew how to hang himself and b) wanted to kill himself, there's much more behind it than he just felt bad.
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I think you're right. The only stories in which I hear of people killing themselves over schooling is in Japan (when they don't get into a certain university that they want), but suicide is unfortunately rather prevalent in Japan.
So as for the boy, I think his reason has a lot to do with his parents, because at that age, parents tend to be your biggest influence.
Also, maybe why this little boy got the idea of hanging himself is because he started watching TV shows that is wrong for children to watch because his parents might have not cared about the shows he watched.
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Um, TV may have some bad things, but they don't have instructional videos teaching you how to tie a running knot (the knot used to hang yourself). Actually, it's pretty funny, the reason I know how to tie a running knot is from Boy Scouts.
How horrible! There had to have been something going wrong in that home. All parents want their kids to do well in school, but maybe they were pushing him too hard. I volunteer at a hospital and met a little girl (I think she was 8) who jumped off the top porch of her house (trying for suicide) because she got a B- on a spelling test. It turned out that her parents would beat her if she didn't do well in school. (She was removed from that home.)
What are parents thinking?
I'd assume that the 7-year old boy had to have some kind of external influence, like a violent parent. Or not ... I really can't fathom the idea of such a young child wanting to take his own life. I guess I was sheltered because I had no idea what suicide even was or that you could kill yourself - the thought never came to mind.
me either.. at least not until I was a bit older. I cant believe the amount of pressure that is put on children to get good grades. Ya its important but its not everything.