geeknik: goddamn. what is up with fucking kids these days?
I'm not sure about the exact numbers but kids between 13 and 17 have had one of the highest suicide rates in the country since the 1960's. Girls make more attempts, boys make fewer attempts but have a higher success rate. Boys are also more likely to take their whole family along for the ride.
The media will try to pin the blame on movies, books, music, video games, pagans, satanists, anywhere except where it really belongs; parents and teachers who should have noticed that the kid was beginning to loose it and tried to intervene.