Peers also have a major impact on a teen’s decision to commit suicide. The people a teen may be exposed to may not accept him/her. It was Mother Teresa that once said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” In schools, a person can see this social issue. There are many teens that won’t accept another teen just because of how they look, act, or dress. If you are not attractive to other people, then people won’t accept you. If you act a certain way in school, then the other teens may not accept them because they may act smart or dumb. Even bullies have suicidal tendencies simply because people won’t be their friends because they are afraid of them. A teen may really want to fit in with a certain “click” because he/she may see them as being cool. Those people may be risk takers and have the power to influence the teen to do something that they wouldn’t do. A teen could feel guilty and unwelcome and turn to suicide as a way out instead of facing their problems head on. Also, when a teen is not invited to weekend parties or conversations, they will automatically start putting themselves down. They will try to find faults within themselves that would make others turn away from them. When a teen does this they have low self-esteem. Low self-esteem can lead to a teen’s suicide now a days.

uicides are becoming a more common social issue than it has been in the past. Everyone knows the old saying that your teen years are the best years of your life. This saying confuses most people to question why a person would want to take their own life? Considering when a teenager hasn’t lived his/her life to the fullest. “Suicides are the third leading cause of death. Teens have died from suicides more than from cancer, heart disease, HIV, AIDS, birth defects, pneumonia, stroke, and lung disease combined.” (Casey, 93) “Suicidal behavior first creeps into our statistical tables at around the age of 12 and rises steadily through the teen years and beyond.” (Chiles, 29) It is estimated that 30,000 people of all ages and races commit suicide yearly in the United States. Every day 73 people commit suicide and 16 of them are teens. Suicide can happen at any time, age, race, or sex. Parents do have an influence on a teen’s decision. I feel the school should support the teens. I mean we spend 35 hours a week in school, why not support? We face many of our problems at school anyway. Parents at times are (just my opinion) are the cause of a teen’s problem, so we can’t always turn to our parents for help. Suicides happen when people have a mindset of having a problem that is non-solvable. Teenagers commit suicide because of friends, peers and other teenagers, conflicts at home, stress, and through the use of drugs.

Most people wonder what the school system has to play in this social issue. I think schools should have a safe and open environment where teens can feel comfortable on relying on teachers and counselors to help them with their problems. According to John M.D. Chiles, “ schools need to be ready to listen with open ears”(Chiles, 72). Schools should have at least have programs to improve a teen’s self-esteem within themselves and help them have a better outlook on life. Teens need to see that “caring can be taught and teens can learn to be more accepting and supp

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