It’s sad to lose someone so young especially in that kind of manner. I heard fragments about it on the news but don’t know the whole story. My heart goes out to the poor child and hope that she finds peace.

Oh ia m so sadened that someone hurts that much and feels that aloneI amsosorry

That is so sad when a young one is lost like that. Very shocking. I hope she is at peace.

This is very sad. Thanks for sharing this thought with us and your beautiful image. Powerful.

there’s this one similar story I know…this girl who was 18 yrs of age or more came from a broken family. Her mom decided to work in middle east when she was just small. She and her younger brother grew with her relatives on her mother side… I knew that this girl needed special attentions not because her parents wasn’t there for them but also because she’s somewhat a special child too (that these people around her cannot see -instead she most of the time was the subject of mockery) and they think that teasing her is nothing but normal.

She didn’t finish her school, nabarkada, and had to work at an early age.

One time she sent a multi-send text messages to all of her friends saying ” sawang-sawa na ako sa buhay na mapagkunwari na kunyari laging nakangiti o nakatawa” not the exact message but with the same though.

And with that message u will know that she was in pain all her life…..

They found her dead that morning with her handfone in her hand.

That is so sad right?

this is so sad … reminded me of the student suicides in Japan …
I hope the lost child and the child’s family will eventually find peace

Hi Julie
I really feel so sad when I hear stories like this, but as parents we should really be aware of our children’s feeling and concerns and we should really talk about it to them and explain it in a way that they will understand how to deal with frustrations. i hope the family will be able to find peace.

This is so sad, Julie. It is also preventable. As parents we should learn to recognize the signs, and also learn when it is time to seek professional help for the kids.

It’s really sad when anyone, but especially young people, see no other way out. Tragic!

We knew of someone who also commited suicide because he couldn’t take what was happening to his family. To this day his parents are still reeling over the event and continue to blame themselves for their child’s fate.

I think as parents we should always think twice, thrice, even a hundred times before we do anything whether trivial or life-altering. Always, always, our kids should be considered first before anything else. Even before ourselves.

very sad. with this cases parents are the one being blame. hope family values are still tight now a days.

As a child i alone went to a high rise and tried to jump off. an adult caught me jus as I was about to jump. well, i am still here today. it is sad that there was no one there to stop her, very sad

This is terrible… So young…

I was saddened by that news as well.

Thanks for your comment and visit, you got a lovely photo here.

Hope you don’t mind if I add you in my blogroll, I had a sister who suffered mental retardation since birth and I have high respects to teachers

this is so sad….the suicide victims are getting younger.

may D rest in peace.

My heart goes out for the little girl. I hope wherever she is right now she finds peace…

Btw, I’ll add you in my blogroll too if that’s alright:)

Hi Julie,
I myself have a third grader. Panganay sa tatlong magkakapatid. I married late in life and perhaps, isa ito sa mga reason, I don’t really know, kung bakit medyo disciplinarian ang dating ko sa kanilang magkakapatid, specially sa kanya bilang panganay. Your post makes me think about how I am raising them. Thanks

Electric cable or clothesline (sampayan)?

Missing home….

so sad — we try to protect our children and yet..

That is so sad. To think that her life hasn’t even begun and she has yet to exprience life.

yes it ’s very very tragic but maybe there could be an underlying chemical imbalance in the child that affected her mental state. Then the separation just aggravated it here. I have written about this already that childhood depression is prevalent but our doctors here can’t diagnose it properly.

Lastly. I hope you don’t mind if I say this so people can be educated on how to say the death was suicide. Today, we understand that most suicides are the result of biochemical illnesses such as clinical depression. Yet, the stigma associated with suicide often forces family members to choose between secrecy about the death and social isolation.

Compassionate Friends Organization Changes Suicide Language

The Board of Directors, encouraged by members and staff, have officially adopted the terms “died by suicide” or “died of suicide” to replace the commonly used “committed suicide” or “completed suicide.” Currently all The Compassionate Friends (TCF)publications and presentations are being updated to reflect the new language. TCF USA

that is a sad story, Teacher. Made me think to blog when my I thought my mom and dad too was to separate when I was young. I was hoping they wont and if they will– i wont run away but will never go with either of them (i thought that at the young age of 6) to be fair to both. I would stay with an aunt at mom’s side. never at my father’s side! well, they never did separate which later in college, i thought there was one time over…as myfather left. life became better for us..bt he came back. i dunno why mom takes him back. hahaha! maybe she pity him. And then life goes back to being hard again. haiii….

Well to D, hope she feels better where she is now. Maybe she jst took it too much so she ended her life. But young as that, I jst can’t seem to believe it is a S.

To everybody who took the time to share the grief I have felt even if I did not personally know D, thank you very much. Indeed, we as adults should be more sensitive to the people around us. To those who have children, loving your children doesn’t mean spoiling them, giving them what they want but rather, they should know that even if there are problems in the family life, you will always love them, no matter what. They should also know that they are not to blame with anything that goes wrong in family matters. It is also best to not try to be too hard on them,but not to be too lenient too. We do not want these things to happen first before we realize that we have been too focused on ourselves.

One word of advise: keep your prescription medicines where the children can’t get them.

my lola commited suicide a few years ago due to depression. kaya everytime i hear of stories of people committing suicide, painful talaga even if di ko sila kilala. it brings back so many memories that you don’t want to even remember. i will say a prayer for the her and most especially her family. may she rest in peace.

Oh my God. I’m in shock. May she rest in peace.

ouch. my heart goes to the child’s parents who must be banging their heads in the wall, blaming themselves. kahit wala namang kasalanan talga ang magulang, their tendency is to beat themselves up, just like any parent. i wish that they will soon forgive themselves.

A third grader? Grabe… kids today are under so much pressure…

Oh dear, oh dear. A child dying is sad enough. But a child taking her own life … nothing is sadder. Pressure … is it because of pressure for her to excel in her studies? Exacerbated by troubled home life? Oooh i dont know what to say.

I pray that the parents find their way through this. Perhaps the tragedy will pull them back together. That … or it might really drive a wedge between them.

But I heard that in Japan young suicide is no longer uncommon. The culprit is academic pressures too.

[...] If you read today’s papers, Mariannet, a 12 year old girl died of suicide because of extreme poverty. Yesterday, Nel, a 14 year old boy climbed a flyover in Iloilo in a suicide attempt apparently fuelled by rugby. A few weeks back, Julie wrote about a third grader who jumped off from the fourth level of a building of Malate Catholic School because of depression. She was only 9 years old. [...]

[...] also came to mind was D, who at a young age took her own life and a few weeks later, M who also took the same road as [...]

Wow kids these days are screaming help. There should be an avenue for kids to air out their problems and troubles without fear of judgment.Unfortunately, our culture doesn’t do well with children’s feelings and usually pass it as something insignificant…Kaya nga daming children na magpapakamatay kasi wala silang pwedeng lapitan sa problema nila.

There were quite a few schoolmates in college who committed suicide because they couldn’t handle it. Unfortunately, there are signs that one person will commit suicide and only a few know how to identify them. Remember suicide is not a spur of the moment thing. It is premeditated and there are obvious clues that it will happen.

[...] not everybody can survive. As proof, the deaths that Teacher Julie posted [HERE and HERE] are indication that without the proper help, support, and understanding, some souls just [...]