Sometimes you can read the signs sometimes they are very subtle. That's my impression as a retired pedi/adolescent psych nurse. Sometimes the ones that give you lots of warning just don't follow through with suicide....they want help and act out to get it, thankfully.
Some kids are just quiet about it. They really want to die and don't want anyone to prevent it.
It's so very sad.
Locking yourself in a bathroom is a flag but kids do that sometimes when they are upset and want to be alone so it's a judgement call.
My sister-in-law works at this school. They are devastated about this poor little kid.
9-Year-Old Boy Suicides In School Restroom: Could This Have Been Prevented?
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Montana Lance, a 9-year-old boy hung himself in the school restroom of Stewart's Creek Elementary School. Lance asked the school nurse if he could use her restroom. "He locked himself in the bathroom, and he has done this before," school secretary Cheryl Smith said. The school nurse unlocked the door and found Montana Lance hanging from the ceiling of the restroom. She tried to revive the him but "there's no heartbeat. Oh, my God."
People close to Montana Lance and investigators still don't have answers as to why he would take his own life.
People close to Montana Lance and investigators still don't have answers as to why he would take his own life.
Read More: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/22/crimesider...
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chilton~T~ 2010/01/26 22:18:25
some people can see when something is bothering their child and sometimes they can't so he did it and it's over sorry ........... : (
Immature parents are incapale of communicating with their kids.
but if he was hiding it and people couldnt tell then it would be harder to prevent
i cant believe he was only 9...
It is incredibly sad, for all involved.... Poor little boy.... I cry because there are other kids who are going through hardships that people close to them have no idea that something's even wrong.
His parents are probably blaming themselves right now.
musta been some serious issues this kid had to deal with. cuz my life is shitty but im not gonna off myself,i personally wanna be here for the future.
I mean at that age they should be swapping pokemon and just starting to notice boobies, not deciding the world is a horrible place they must escape.
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Early diagnosis is the key to helping these children. The suicide could have been prevented if everyone in this country took mental illness seriously and knew the sings of depression, bipolar and other mental disorders. I'm sure the parents had not idea their child had a problem. These kids keep their thought to themselves thinking they will get in trouble or be misunderstood if they speak out. EDUCATION on mental illness is needed now.
This is another reason parents should know everything a child is doing.
Some kids are just quiet about it. They really want to die and don't want anyone to prevent it.
It's so very sad.
Locking yourself in a bathroom is a flag but kids do that sometimes when they are upset and want to be alone so it's a judgement call.
My sister-in-law works at this school. They are devastated about this poor little kid.
Yes, bipolar is one of those things that kids are getting with diagnosed earlier.
If only there were was a blood test for suicidal ideation, right?
I'm sure the staff, kids and parents will learn a lot from this tragedy. The had grief counelors for the kids.