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Among 10-14 year-olds?
At that age, your biggest problem should be losing a video game save file, or at worst losing your first pet. All while still surrounded by loving and supportive adults.
What the hell are we doing?
This take from adults always perplexed me. I’m surprised I made it out alive
The future in America doesn't look too bright right now. Especially if you aren't white, are Trans, or need to live on the planet earth.
It doesn't look to great if you are white either (particular white with low/medium income)
Some minority groups have major struggles but it is important to acknowledge everyone. Favoring certain minorities breads resentment that make racism and discrimination worse.
Sounds like some All Lives Matter BS.
Some groups, as a whole, are having a way tougher time right now. Yes that includes the white working poor. But LGBTs and PoC's are literally in fear of an eminent end of their life by violent means. And some of them are also working poor.
Nobody is banging on your door, taking you at gunpoint to a concentration camp god-knows-where, and separate you from your kids. Some of them are even citizens or at least here lawfully. I fear a lot of the undocumented probably have already disappeared forever.
Nobody is actively challenging your right to live because of who you love, or whether or not you sit to pee.
Yeah, all lives matter. Some lives just need a little more attention at the moment.
This exact bullshit is why the elite class can keep dividing and ruling, those minorities you mentioned are still in heaven in comparison to others or some specific part of the world, does that mean that other folks around the world should not care about discourse in the USA?
The difference among working classes pale in comparison when it comes to differences in class hierarchy and power structure.
We can always appreciate extra helping hands.
Personally I am not from the USA, but best of luck and well wishes to everybody who is holding the frontline dispite the difference, always remember
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Wtf are you blabbering on about? How the fuck does "First they came" have anything to do with what I said? If anything, it directly conflicts your point.
First they came for the immigrants, but poor white folk matter more, so whatevs.
Then they came for the transgenders, but poor white folk matter more, so whatevs.
Yea, we all need to be looking out for each other. But recently we had Mormons in the neighborhood, and my neighborhood chat blew up. A few people were terrified it was the gestapo, because they are LGBT and/or (legal) immigrants, or shit, even off-white natural-born Americans.
Those people are the ones to speak up for now
My point isn't meant to be exclusionary, but to use a few examples to point out that young people have a lot of things that could be be making them feel hopeless about the future. That sadly ends up with them more likely to take their own life.
They aren't stupid, they can see how bad the world is
teens are extra depressed, because of all th hormones raging too, and the inability of the parents to control or know what to do with such situations/.
Capitalism
It says 10-24, but I agree. It's fucked up.
The tripled rate is specifically for 10-14.
Ah, my mistake.
This is the question I've been asking for years...
Losing your first pet is no small event :|
Sure, but it's not something anyone should be killing themselves over. That's happened for millennia, I'd say that's probably unrelated to this graph.
Meh it wasnt that many years ago kids would have been mining coal for 4 or 5 years by 14, yet for some reason they still werent killing themselves. Maybe this is worrisome
I suspect we might not have very good records of child suicide from when children were mining coal, or even very good records of how many died just mining coal
Yeah but they also weren't on insta/snap/whatever. Terrible reception in the mines.
Relevant user name.
Part of that is likely they weren't exposed to it as an option the same way our various media does today. Maybe there'd be a rumor around town but there'd be a lot of speculation. Today people are exposed a lot more to suicide and its methods, and that could work subconsciously or even inspirationally to push people towards it.
The stricter home culture and higher religious rates probably played a factor as well. Not saying those are great deterrents but it could provide fears of shame and punishment for even thinking about suicide.
Plus them shits didnt have time to kill themselves after working 16hrs a day 7 days a week.