[luckystarmom]

I have a friend’s daughter who did this. She was really depressed her freshman year. She had a hard time going from a small private Chrisitan school where she knew everyone to a large Christian school. I think it was also harder academically. I think she felt very insignificant.

It’s hard to hear about something like that happening to a nice Christian family. Usually, you think of Emo or Goth kids cutting themselves, but it’s more pervasive than that.

[cripplecreek]

It’s hard to hear about something like that happening to a nice Christian family. Usually, you think of Emo or Goth kids cutting themselves, but it’s more pervasive than that.

Too often we try to pigeonhole these kids as a result of a couple of different things but the reality is that all kids are different and all situations are different.

My most conservative sister has 5 kids that cover the whole range. The oldest goes to WMU and becomes more liberal by the second. The second oldest is 20 years old with two kids by different fathers that she doesn't want to take care of. The 3rd is a former problem child we expected to be in prison at 18 but has apparently chosen to be a model citizen. The two youngest are still at home and seem to be pretty good kids.

[reformedliberal]

Good families can end up with Emo or Goth kids, too.

It is the culture. No matter how we may try to isolate our kids, the culture is just pervasive and sooner or later, they find these kids, too.

And sometimes, they will be fine or seem to be fine until they are 35 or older and suddenly, one day, it turns out they have been into destructive things of various sorts. I have heard, seen and experienced this over and over for decades. Wish I had a solution.