As a mother of a 13 year old ds and 11 year old dd, I am really concerned about the rising suicide rates and poor mental health amongst young people these days.
I’m 46 and of course there have always been cases of suicide but I really can not recall a time where so many young people are taking their lives.
There doesn’t seem to be a week goes by that there isn’t a headline of some young celebrity ending their lives and also amongst everyday folk, I know of several young people who have succumbed to the pressures of modern life.
What is causing it and what can be done to help these young people? Is it the rise of social media, where everyone has to look gym body perfect, beautiful, have the perfect lives and the need to be popular?
I bloody worries me and it’s such a waste of wonderful young lives.