We suffered three teen suicides last week.

[Baitball Blogger]

I bet this is a response to De Santis' Florida. Imagine trying to find your place in the world today, if inside, you feel just a little bit different.

How parents can talk to teens about mental health, grief, suicide after deaths in Seminole County

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Public Schools shared heartbreaking news with families this week about three recent student deaths by suicide.

The district sent messages notifying parents and students about the following losses:

15-year-old student at Lyman High School
15-year-old student at Winter Springs High School
16-year-old student at Hagerty High School
“This week, some of our school communities have faced tragic loss, and many are feeling the impact deeply,” a statement from SPCS begins. “During this difficult time, we want to remind our families and students that support is available for anyone who may need it. As a school community, we want every student to know that they are never alone and that help is always available.”

News 6 sat down with Cherlette McCullough at Center Peace Couples & Family Therapy to help parents who want to talk about such a difficult topic with their kids, and to share how important it is to talk about it.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/10/16/school-district-speaks-out-after-3-seminole-county-students-die-by-suicide-in-1-week/

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is heartbreaking news. I'm aghast at three suicides of young people.

On the cusp of adulthood.

[Lonestarblue]

2. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will weigh in on whether to allow conversion therapy to cause even more teen suicides.

The purpose of conversion therapy is to convince children and teens that they are acceptable human beings only if they have sexual attraction to the opposite sex. If they can’t be talked out of their so-called perversion, then physical persecution is an option. I remember a news article from a few years ago about a religious group that beat a teenage boy to death to cure his being gay. These people are utterly warped. They would willingly cause any amount of harm to force their beliefs on others.

[usonian]

3. We live in a (world) culture of division and unacceptance.

The culture must change, one person at a time, to one where we recognize equality AND diversity as fundamental to the way the universe rolls, or in other terms, why we were created amazingly different and equally human.

Here's a longer dissertation on division. IMO, it empowers weak people to exploit others. Do you see the results in today's world?

https://defragzone.substack.com/p/the-engineering-problem-with-democracy

The Beautiful Lie of Division: How We’re Being Kept Apart


The Buddha wandered into his 80's espousing equality, respect for all beings, and equal treatment for all. A kind of early Bernie Sanders. 🪷