Something that just occurred to me: Is it possible that the advent of the internet, social networks, online support groups and all that sort of bullshit that goes along with the creation of the single greatest communications tool in the history of humankind, which you would probably think would provide kids with an outlet for these impulses, a place to find comfort among others who have had similar experiences and help from professional organizations, is actually facilitating teenage suicides?
I guess I'm thinking that when you put all these idiot kids together online - and I'm of sufficient age now that I feel sympathy for kids who are under this kind of pressure and recognize the existence of those pressures but still get to call them idiots - rather than giving them an outlet for their anxieties, they're getting the completely opposite idea: That the great number of like-minded people their age out there in the world means what they're feeling isn't wrong, and therefore it's okay to give in to those feelings.
Or is it simply that the net makes it easier to hear about these suicides, whenever and wherever they happen?
