Can a teen really be suicidal?
In part, that is exactly the problem. It is widely believed that childhood is free from the stress and problems of adult life and a time for fun. However, the world is a much different place now than it was when the parents of today’s teenagers were teenagers themselves. We live in an information packed and high stress society. Competition for college acceptance and jobs is fierce. Teens are expected to go to school full time, participate in school activities, work 20-25 hours a week in their “part-time job” and manage to get their chores and homework done on the side. It doesn’t leave much time for fun and those teens who do manage to have a social life, usually don’t get enough sleep and this tends to make teens easily frustrated and angry. The expectations placed upon teens in our society can be very difficult to handle, as teens have not yet developed the skills needed to deal with these stresses. A loss that seems trivial to an adult can become life threatening to a teen if they c
