A record 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Japan died by suicide last year, up 14 from 2023 and topping the previous high of 514 in 2022, preliminary government data showed Wednesday. Senior high school students accounted for 349 of the total, up 2 from…
    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
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      8 hours ago

      What do you have to do, to give a kid, younger than 10, even the concept of suicide? They are mostly not even aware of their mortality, let alone the idea of it being an escape

      • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        Religion. As a child, I was told I was born hated by God nightly on the “Christian” radio and had to make for it. Yeah f that God and followers, my Boi Jesus is the best.