Why Japanese Kids Commit Suicide
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About every 18 minutes for the past eight years, someone has committed suicide in Japan. About 5-6 each week are junior high or senior high school students. Depression from whatever reason, bullying, bad grades, no friends…is the likely culprit. A recent survey in Japan learned that nearly one in four junior high school student suffers from depression – 57% of them girls and 43% of them boys. The solution – “In order to prevent children from committing suicide, home room teachers should talk with them, learn from those who suffer from depression and take proper countermeasures.” A better solution – a solid home life, a father who is involved, good friends, normal pressure to do well in school, hobbies, a meaningful reason to get back at life the next day. Have you ever felt so depressed so as to think about suicide?
