Suicide of A Child
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
Atlanta, Georgia
May 21, 2017 7:12pm CST
I read in the paper about an eight year old boy who hanged himself. It's hard to imaging a child that young would even know how to hang himself. And what could be so bad that a young child would take his own life. He had wrapped a cord around his neck and hanged himself from a door knob. Those poor parents must be in such agony wondering what they did wrong and how they could have prevented it. The article didn't say if there were siblings. There will be more later I would think. The death was being investigated.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
22 May 17
The media/social media...that's who I think is to blame for a lot of this stuff.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
22 May 17
It is always sad to see the news like that. I think for such a little child, he may not suffer a heavy study pressure. And we all want to know why he could do so because such kind of little child should not have such an idea. Is it because of Blue Whale? It is a horrible game and it seems it spreads globally.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5017)
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22 May 17
This is heartbreaking. I was also bullied in school but I was able to handle the situation.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 May 17
i cannot like a discussion like this because it is heart-breaking. maybe the boy was bullied by other boys? or he knew about a family problem that is why with his young mind, he can no longer endure the pain?
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 May 17
@ridingbet. He might have been bullied. That occurred to me but he was so young to think about killing himself
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 May 17
@ridingbet Schools shouldn't allow kids to be bullied.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
22 May 17
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.that was horrifying..it is hard to deal with even hearing about it, never mind being the people close to him. Horrific, poor lad.
.that was horrifying..it is hard to deal with even hearing about it, never mind being the people close to him. Horrific, poor lad.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 May 17
@RubyHawk Yes it is baffling and so mournfully sad Ruby.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 May 17
@TiarasOceanView I looked in the paper and saw nothing more about it today.
@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
That is awful. I did read where that he may have been bullied at school.
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@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 May 17
@RubyHawk Yes, they can be very cruel.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 May 17
@LeaPea2417 I think if a child bullies at school parents should be called in to answer for it.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
23 May 17
@RubyHawk It's so hard to understand what goes through the mind of one so young. They don't understand how the world really is and they can only behave as their brains tell them to. And yes, he was obviously suffering way too much to bear any more. And that just breaks my heart.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
22 May 17
That is very heartbreaking. But the parents shouldnt (although im sure they are), blame themselves. As parents can only do so much, and it depends on if the kid ever gave hints to anything being wrong.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
23 May 17
@RubyHawk oh i know. I was bullied. Had friends who were. Its terrible
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 May 17
@Courtlynn very likely many children are bullied who never tell.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
22 May 17
I don't believe it. It would be an accident.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 May 17
@spaceseed I will. It wasn't in the paper today.
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@diosabella (4789)
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22 May 17
That is so sad. Why would a kid do that? They were still young to have that much problem but then there are some challenges in family. Maybe having a tough time in school and family.
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@snowy22315 (180351)
• United States
23 May 17
I know I heard about that too. Iti is very sad, to feel so hopeless at such a young age.
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@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
26 May 17
How tragic. Sometimes there are no explanations. Maybe he was being cyber bullied or bullied in some way. I can't imagine an 8 year old doing this either.
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@cacay1 (83394)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 May 17
That was so sad,the boy might be in great trouble and afraid to be punished by his parents.The son of my friend, 16 also hanged himself because his father punished his son in front of his classmates, so he went home and hanged himself using his blanket in his bedroom. He tied it to the window and jumped HORROR! Until this time the father's conscience tortured him.
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