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7 year old says he wants to kill himself

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Frazzledms · 20/06/2020 21:49

My son said these horrible words tonight and it's really upsetting. I don't know if he just wants attention or why he's saying such horrible things. He understands a little bit about death, his grandad died last month, plus the pandemic doesn't help.

Feeling really lost. We're in the no school for 6 months camp, school are being completely unhelpful (I don't need sympathetic emails I need some actual interaction of some kind for him or us) and we're working too. My son has a younger brother and they've been getting on well but I think now lockdown is lifting it's increasing his anxiety and no wonder really.

So is this just a horrible and hurtful thing that kids say or should I be more worried? What can I do to help him with the limited resources and time? Because working, all being at home not to mention home school is incredibly time consuming.

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Wherethereshope · 22/06/2020 22:32

It's often a form of communication of being in distress or stuck. It sounds like it would be helpful to slow things down and engage with him to understand his worries. Education isn't the critical thing at the moment, but supporting him emotionally is. You sound very busy but if you are able to carve in some 1:1 time with him in a relaxing way, like a shared game or walk you'll probably find he tells you the answers your looking for.

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