Thank you StarVista for hosting this event and facilitating the follow-ups. Too many children are stressed out by the pressures this society/generation is imposing on them. Parents have to ask themselves if they would rather have their child attend **** college and feel suicidal, or * college (or shock/horror no college) and be equipped for life and still have a life at the end of the day. The suicides don't stop after High School, but colleges understandably don't publicize them, and when children are far away and in an unknown environment, it is almost impossible for parents to monitor moods and behavior. Let children build some character and deal with failure while you can still hug them, tell them you love them anyway and it's not the end of the world.

Overcoming the stigma of mental health is challenging, and this event did it brilliantly. As a parent of three teens, it seems clear I need to help my kids break the code of silence by modeling it for them. I need to let them know that feeling stress, loneliness, and depression is not a moral failure, it's a part of life. I do fear we are loving our kids to death. We give them everything they need to be successful but fall short when listening to them when they are troubled. I hope as a community we can strive to make it OK to feel different, to listen to our kids and their friends, instead of telling them how to do it right. There is no security guard on the train tracks that can save a desperate kid. But we can. Bravo again for this inciteful event!

I think unconditional and constant love will solve most of the problems that these children have. Children do need parental expectations but they have to be tempered by the child's actual ability and the monitoring of the social and happiness level of the child. A standard of good parenting is to raise a child that eventually needs the least amount of therapy.

Success is defined by so many through college acceptances. In actuality, look at those who are most successful. It is not necessarily the college they attend. It is the ability to find a need in society and fulfill it. It is the ability to work with others and not just be good on paper. The world needs all professions and most of all children are not supposed to be mini versions of their parents. They need to be happy, responsible, respectful, and independent.

As a teen who's attempted suicide, I've had first hand experience of the stigma attached to mental health. The people who you would expect to understand such as teachers and friends latch on to the stigma rather than helping aide recovery