Another concern is suicide tends to be contagious. Other kids on the edge may decide to kill themselves now.
Two jocks in my graduating class pulled a cruel hoax on a drunk classmate at a party.
The classmate committed suicide the next day. And the two jokers followed within 5 years.
Very sad.
Sometimes I think we’re losing entire generations of children to drugs and/or violence.
Heartbreaking.
And this one happened so soon after a student at Northern Illinois University killed himself onstage in an auditorium filled with other students. The main difference is: the college student shot and killed other students first. This young man didn't, but maybe the Illinois story got him to thinking about suicide in front of other students.