Not to in any way be unsympathetic in this loss of a child, but when did we lose all our coping mechanisms?
We’re told that everyone needs an Emotional Support Service Animal, has PTSD, needs drugs, prescription and otherwise, needs grief counseling, needs therapists, has their life permanently ruined by some boss that told them they were cute, or GOd forbid, make a pass at them, and so much more.
We have become a nation of government-dependent wussies. What did the pioneers in Conestoga wagons do when they had a problem, cry along with Oprah?
We lost a fellow student to a traffic accident in high school. The principal came on the PA, we all had a brief prayer, and got on with our lives.
It’s time to toughen up!
yes, it seems everything became about feelings, instead of realizing we have feelings but they are not to solely control us in our mind or our choice making. That’s where oprah and many others have much to answer for, in leading people to believe that your feelings are your true self and you need to honor how you feel, etc etc.
Totally conflicts with some laws and definitely with the bible and God’s word on how to handle things. IE: I feel like driving 100 mph and people better stay outa byway because i don’t feel like stopping. I feel like having these things from the store and I don’t feel like paying. I feel like having that person as my spouse even if they are married with kids or still underage, I will “manifest” them for myself, I’ll make it happen. People acting by feelings are the cause of so many problems, with parenting, with divorce, with working, all sorts of ways people let their feelings mess up the moment or their lives and others lives.
Well, she is a 10 year old, so those coping mechanisms are probably not well developed.
And she is a 10 year old with access to too much information and too much knowledge in the information age/internet age we live in.
How else does a 10 year old come up with the knowledge of how to kill themselves?
I can’t imagine growing up in this age. When I was bullied, I got to go home and not see or interact with the bullies. So I got peace of mind for many hours a day. Now, it never stops.
It started with the “How do you FEEL about X” movement. My dad taught me nobody cares how you feel about something they just care what you think. Today we teach our kids to be emotional basket cases. You have to feel everything. And worse express your feelings for the world to see on FB and Twitter immediately when you feel them. And G*d forbid someone on social media disagrees with your feelings. Then you spiral down into depression.