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Sep 24, 2009, 11:19 AM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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Vickie
I'm sorry for your son, his classmates, and boy who couldn't take it anymore - whatever "it" was. 
I think it's extremely difficult to decipher where the breaking point is in a child, or any person for that matter. You can blame it on the parents, blame it on the teachers, blame it on the system, or even blame it on the kid - but with suicide, one size/one rule doesn't always fit all. Some will always slip through the cracks. Some will decide they really have had enough, and there's nothing anyone can do to prevent them from acting on their decision.
My son has had a couple of friends take their own life. One seemed particularly happy that day. He was out with his friends. As they ran across a railroad track with a train coming, the boy just stood there on the tracks, smiled and waved to his friends, and said "See you on the other side." NO ONE had ANY idea this boy was in need of help or why he did what he did.
I hope your son and his classmates will be able to heal from this wound. 
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