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Mr. Luddite

On 10/8/2015 10:39 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:10:53 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 10/8/15 9:56 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/8/2015 9:07 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:45:07 -0400,

First, my older son's daughter's boyfriend committed suicide Sept 30th
by shooting himself in the head with a gun. They were both JR's in high
school in SC and had been dating for several months. My granddaugher
was admitted to a mental health facility to get help
with this. Apparently her boyfriend had been depressed or had some
issues and she had been trying to help him overcome them. The
authorities sought and recovered all their text messages on their
respective cell phones.

Were the young man's parents "helping" him find ways to deal with his
depression? Was he in counseling? Who diagnosed him as being
"depressed"? Was the firearm he used in the possession of his parents?
If so, why wasn't it kept locked up, especially if the family had a kid
suffering from depression?

My nephew was suffering from depression and the family went out of
their way to rid the house of anything dangerous that they could think
of. He hanged himself from a tree.,

I have some very strong feelings and opinions about what is going on
now-a-days related to so called "mental health" issues and other
influences on young people today. Probably better that I keep them to
myself rather than start a freakin' newsgroup battle.

For Harry:

I don't know the answers to your questions. I don't know the poor kid
or his family.

That said, his story and many like it are becoming far too familiar.
Almost "faddish" in a way. Something is seriously missing in many homes
and family relationships today. Pills and "counseling" seem to be
replacing common sense parenting. Sad and frustrating.