In the article "Girl's Death Puts Bullying in the Spotlight" is about a girl named Phoebe that gets bullied at her new school and kills herself. She was only 15. A girl named Kayla and her friends picked on Phoebe continuously because she dated guys that they liked. She said "sorry" and backed off, but they proceeded to harass her. They threw things at her and called her names, even threatened her. One day on the way home from school the girls threw things at Pheobe and she went home that day and killed herself. After, the girls mocked her death. None of this was necessary, but it happened anyway to and innocent and very young girl. The nine kids who picked on Phoebe were charged criminally. Stephen Bank, a clinical psychologist says that the most likely reason for Phoebe's harassment was jealousy.
In the article "Teen Girls Make Suicide Pact" two teen girls make a suicide pact and their parents discuss the affects it is having in them. Dr. Marc Siegel discusses how it is hard for parents to discuss bullying. He says that to some extend children must handle their own problems. Furthermore he says that the main causes of suicide are alcohol, drugs, depression, and loneliness. These articles help to answer my question because they tell different reasons that kids commit suicide and that it is never for only one reason.
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