Teens react - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk25CDyMZoE

This video gets young teens involved and informed on what could happen around them on any given day. In this video, they don't show the suicide scene, but they do talk about it. It is also based off of the TV series, but they are very similar. In the series, Hannah Baker slits her wrists; yes, it is graphic, but it also shows the reality of the situation. One reason why I chose this book was because suicide is the third leading cause of death in teenagers, and it is important for people to know about it.

Suicide is a heavy topic, and people tend to avoid it. Around us, people are thinking about going home and swallowing a bottle of pills, because then they will be "pain free". What leads people to do this? Who made someone feel so bad about themselves that their "only other option" is suicide? Who said something they shouldn't have said? There are all sorts of reasons, and most of the time we don't have answers. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be talking about it, learning the signs etc.

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