Colleges and suicide

momsdream
Fri, 03 Dec 2004 13:39:53 +0000

I had a conversation with my son about pressure and kids committing suicide in college. I needed to do it for my own peace of mind. I assured him that if pressure felt too strong or he just felt depressed, there is support and help available from school and here at home. I told him that he was always welcome to transfer schools, come home, whatever… I told him there was nothing that he could do wrong that would dissappoint me so much that I wouldn’t continue to love and support him…and I would always be happy to have him at home if he needed to be.

Since he started high school, I’ve given him “mental health days” that he can take off from school without giving me any reason why. He gets 4 per school year. I do it because I feel like sometimes kids just need a release valve for the pressure…