My daughter hit her teens in2012. It was a horrible couple of years not just for her but from about 8th grade up.
Our HS had a suicide wave. Many attepts (my daughter being one) and quite a few of those attempts were successful later. Thankfully my child responded well to therapy.
This was in a high competitive HS IN NORTHERN VA.
My thoughts on factors:
Crazy parents pushing kids to try and get in TJ who had no business there. (We did not)
Peer pressure to over perform at everything
(If you did t have a 4.5 gpa you were stupid)
And the big bad social media really started going for teens then. And it was brutal
Over scheduling for activities. We played travel soccer. Super competitive. We had girls that played travel basketbal,soccer and softball. One of those is almost year round. Three? Your never home
We balanced it all with camping. It helped so much. One weekend a month minimum. No excuses.
Rambled a bit but from about 2011 on kids have been fucked.
Our HS had a suicide wave. Many attepts (my daughter being one) and quite a few of those attempts were successful later. Thankfully my child responded well to therapy.
This was in a high competitive HS IN NORTHERN VA.
My thoughts on factors:
Crazy parents pushing kids to try and get in TJ who had no business there. (We did not)
Peer pressure to over perform at everything (If you did t have a 4.5 gpa you were stupid)
And the big bad social media really started going for teens then. And it was brutal
Over scheduling for activities. We played travel soccer. Super competitive. We had girls that played travel basketbal,soccer and softball. One of those is almost year round. Three? Your never home
We balanced it all with camping. It helped so much. One weekend a month minimum. No excuses.
Rambled a bit but from about 2011 on kids have been fucked.