re: Suicide rates in girls are rising, especially in those age 10 to 14

As my kids are getting older, I am terrified by these sort of things. Especially for my baby girl.

I don’t think I was ever bullied, but I experienced hateful mean girl crap as most other girls did at some point during junior high and high school. I remember how much it broke my heart and made me feel like my world was ending. Can’t imagine that same mean girls stuff being broadcast to everyone in school via fb or Snapchat.

Is the answer not letting them have smart phones and social media accounts? I’ve been strict about my kids thus far; neither kid has an iPad (or access to mine), iPhone, and if ever they play on the phone it’s golf clash, Netflix app to watch “wheels on the bus”, or a word game I play with my son. Which I think is too much but limited a few times/week.