Yea sad is definately the word for it. I read about his death in the local paper a week or so ago. Article above was a little more detailed. The reason for him killing himself obviously went with him to his grave, the thing I found interesting is that the parents said he was happy up until his suicide. The fact is though that parents usually don't notice, especially in this case, it seems that the parents were so focused on the future of their child that they blind themselves from the other parts of his life. You see it so often in child prodigies, doesn't matter which catagory the child is gifted in, the parents always seem to be blinded on important parts of life of their kid. They do what they think is 'best' for their kid. The place these parents went wrong was taking away his childhood, I don't get why parent's do relieze childhood is the cornerstone of your life. He went without going to private/public school. I'm not saying home schooling is wrong, I was homeschooled but you lose a lot while doing it. The parents have to relieze this and make up for those losses, have the kid put into some public group, weather a sport, or debate club. Anything with kids his own age. That way he gets the companionship you require from public schools. Branndon, I can tell must of had little to none of a childhood. Being pressured, intentional or not by your peers and parents is hard for anyone, especially a 14 yr boy. I read a lot of religious posts here just now, that just seems silly, you're not going to change anyones opinion by posting them, just start up arguments. Btw to whomever posted the quote of "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly." I love that quote, never heard of it before. Thanks for mentioning it.
Hormones. The sex drive.
The dog that didn't bark.
Tragic.
He probably just wanted to be normal though.
Obviously not the case when it came to his final decision. Perhaps he didn't have any real discipline....