Growing trend in Child and Student Suicides in India Video

In 2006, nearly 6000 students committed suicides and three years later; the numbers have only grown further. Exams and exam related stress, peer pressure, entrance tests, ragging, parental problems and family issues have been the reasons for this rampant increase in the number of adolescents and young adults committing suicides. In the past few years, a student's life has changed significantly. Severe competition, extreme comparisons and fierce expectations from parents, teachers, family and friends has created an enormous amount of pressure on these young kids.

It is seen that childhood today is not longer a joyful experience; instead lives of children and young adults are full of stress, tension, apprehension. Blame it on the current education system, 'extra tuition' out-of-school trends, coaching classes, competitive exams, reservation policies, admission processes, quota systems, parental attitude, modernization or anything else -- the fact of the matter is that student suicide is India is an alarming problem.

So how does one prevent these young lives from killing themselves? Parents and teachers play the pivotal role in caring, consoling, counseling and most importantly 'being there' for these kids/students. Right from the time when your child is born, parents should make sure that they bring-up their child in an open stress-free happy environment that does not create any kind of pressure on the kids. Also, it is important to make sure that your kids share a comfort level with you where they can share anything with you. Apart from this, parents need to spend 'quality time' with their kids where you can get to know of the inner thoughts, feelings and emotions that your child is going through. Avoid creating any kind of pressure on your kids as far as studying is concerned and do not compare your child with other children. It is parents who should first know that all children cannot come first in class! Do not force your child for anything -- if your child is not interested in dancing, do not forcefully send him/her to dancing classes just because other parents are doing so.