Thread:4solace/@comment-28482541-20160822144718/@comment-32738051-20160823065053

Hi 4solace. I feel for you and your daughter over this tragedy. But what a great way for your daughter to channel her pain into helping others moving forward. I do hope all goes well with this peer group...it could prevent something like this from happening again.

It is sad in this day and age that so many such tragedies like this occur. But I don't know that the world has gone all wrong necessarily...some of what happens today was already occurring generations ago. Depression, psychosis, suicidal tendencies, drug abuse, bullying and violence all have existed a very long time. It just seems worse because the world is so much more populous and connected and there have been so many technological advances made so quickly, very few have learned how to use them responsibly and in moderation.

Ignorance, indifference and isolation are the enemy. Communication, awareness, understanding and acceptance are key. You know the saying "it takes a village"? Well that has probably never been truer and yet never been more absent from civilization. If no one individual or clique was ever alone and isolated from the rest of us, if such individuals always had not one or two but many people they could turn to at any time for anything, there might not be so many suicides or so much bullying or so much violence. And I think we all could learn how to disconnect a little more often, not just our children.

I think I can safely say our Wiki community is one such "village". Your daughter's peer group could be another. It won't ever be enough until there are no longer any borders and everyone accepts everyone else for who and what they are without reservation or judgment. But at least it's a step in the right direction. Take comfort in that and hope for the best for the future.