The counselling service ChildLine had more than 34,000 consultations with children who talked about killing themselves in 2013/14, it has revealed. The number of such consultations has increased by 116% since 2010/2011. 'Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that suicide rates for 15 to 19-year-olds remained broadly consistent between 2000-2012. ONS figures show that 125 young people within that age range killed themselves in 2012.' (BBC News, 31 October) Capitalism is a cruel competitive world and children feel that alienation just as much as adults, but it is truly scary that children talking about suicide has doubled in one year. RD
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