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<blockquote data-quote="AlabamaBuzz" data-source="post: 677771" data-attributes="member: 906"><p>I won't pretend to know what Bryce was feeling or what his brain was telling him, but if one of his main concerns was his family being without shelter or food, his choosing of suicide did not improve that situation. I don't think he thought it through and believed that with him gone, a bunch of people would raise $$ for his mom and brothers. Whether he left for college or left for eternity, the family, in his mind, would still be in a bad place. There is no parent that would not rather have their child and be hungry than be full without their child.</p><p></p><p>This was more about mental and emotional health obviously than anything else. There are shelters and food banks all over the country to help families in need. In many extended families, including mine, there are also family members who cannot fully take care of themselves, so the family members who can help do help.</p><p></p><p>I say all of this to say that I don't believe that Gowdy's main issue that led to his extremely unfortunate choice was $$ and his family's plight. There was more to it than that, but I guess it was a contributing factor. Suicide among teens and early adolescents has never been higher - there is such a sense of hopelessness and spiritual famine, and a lot of the prescription meds that kids are being fed are, in many cases, adding to the desire to think life is not worth living. These kids need fathers (or father figures) who love them unconditionally and unselfishly. So many either have absent fathers or the father that is there might as well be absent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlabamaBuzz, post: 677771, member: 906"] I won't pretend to know what Bryce was feeling or what his brain was telling him, but if one of his main concerns was his family being without shelter or food, his choosing of suicide did not improve that situation. I don't think he thought it through and believed that with him gone, a bunch of people would raise $$ for his mom and brothers. Whether he left for college or left for eternity, the family, in his mind, would still be in a bad place. There is no parent that would not rather have their child and be hungry than be full without their child. This was more about mental and emotional health obviously than anything else. There are shelters and food banks all over the country to help families in need. In many extended families, including mine, there are also family members who cannot fully take care of themselves, so the family members who can help do help. I say all of this to say that I don't believe that Gowdy's main issue that led to his extremely unfortunate choice was $$ and his family's plight. There was more to it than that, but I guess it was a contributing factor. Suicide among teens and early adolescents has never been higher - there is such a sense of hopelessness and spiritual famine, and a lot of the prescription meds that kids are being fed are, in many cases, adding to the desire to think life is not worth living. These kids need fathers (or father figures) who love them unconditionally and unselfishly. So many either have absent fathers or the father that is there might as well be absent. [/QUOTE]
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