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post #1 of 14
4/7/10 at 8:40am
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6 year old girl commits suicide
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post #2 of 14
4/7/10 at 8:57am
what is the world coming to

Poor family, what a horrible thing to go through
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post #3 of 14
4/7/10 at 9:47am
That is just so sad
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post #4 of 14
4/7/10 at 11:28am
I will probably get slammed for this but call me a skeptic but I think there needs to be more investigation into this one.
I'm not saying it didn't happen just as the article states, but I find it hard to believe a six year old would do something like this.

I hope they investigate more.
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post #5 of 14
4/7/10 at 11:30am
That's terrible
I too think it's an accident, even though she threatened to do it, I don't think when she's that young she realized that her life would end for good. It was probably that she was rebellious to and wanted to get her parents' attention, as I remember from my childhood I've threatened that I'll kill myself a few times though as soon as I said it I was given a looong talk about how I should never take that lightly and never joke about it.
And her parents just sent her to her room? That seemed a bit harsh to me, though I can sympathize with their grief and the guilt they must be feeling..
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post #6 of 14
4/7/10 at 11:49am
I wish I could remember what movie it was - I probably saw it when I was around 5 or 6. There was a boy in it that tried to hang himself by a belt from a pipe in a bathroom. I remember seeing that as a kid that young and thinking " I guess that's one easy way, but he should have picked something that wouldn't break". So yes, kids that young can do it and know what it is. They hear about this stuff from over hearing parents, tv, or even see it in the newspaper.

Poor girl. Maybe there was more going on that lead her to something so drastic? I thought about it myself at that age till around age 10 because of the constant verbal abuse (there was less physical, but it still happened). Maybe her parents said things or did things that they're not sharing with police... (mine use to tell me I was an accident, stupid, should have aborted me, etc)
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post #7 of 14
4/7/10 at 6:28pm
That is truly a sad story. I feel so sorry for the family. It is hard to say if the child realized what she was really doing.
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post #8 of 14
4/7/10 at 7:45pm
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Originally Posted by strange_wings View Post
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Poor girl. Maybe there was more going on that lead her to something so drastic? I thought about it myself at that age till around age 10 because of the constant verbal abuse (there was less physical, but it still happened). Maybe her parents said things or did things that they're not sharing with police... (mine use to tell me I was an accident, stupid, should have aborted me, etc)
How horrible for parents to say such hideous, hurtful things to their precious children. I'm so sorry you were forced to go through something like that. Stuff like that makes my blood boil.
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post #9 of 14
4/7/10 at 7:47pm
There was a girl in my school who was cutting herself in primary school, maybe 9 years old. Her parents were like that too, they even told the teacher, in front of the class when the teacher asked them to wait behind that she was a 'bd child' and she took up too much of their time and didnt want to talk to the teacher about it
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post #10 of 14
4/7/10 at 8:03pm
That's nuts. I don't think a 6 year old could understand the concept of suicide. She may have seen some horrible thing on TV and thought to try it, without understanding the consequences.

She may even have been hearing about that story that is all over the news about the girl who killed herself after being harassed by fellow students. But again, I doubt very much she understood the consequences.

Or...it could have been an accident.

(When I was a teenager we had a tragedy in my town. Twin boys were playing "dog" in their room, one boy was tied to the top bunk with a belt. The children we called to supper, and one boy went to eat, the other didn't come right away. By the time the parents said "go get your brother" it was too late, he'd fallen off the bunk and strangled. Gosh that was 35 years ago but I still wonder how that twin feels)
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post #11 of 14
4/7/10 at 8:15pm
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How horrible for parents to say such hideous, hurtful things to their precious children. I'm so sorry you were forced to go through something like that. Stuff like that makes my blood boil.
Meh, I survived. I understood even then that it was a redirection of their anger at each other, finances, work stress, etc. I spent most of my time off in my own little world, reading, or outside away from them.
Other kids may not understand, get over things like that, or find a way to at least mentally escape it - many adults can't do that. I still think that she did know what she was doing, that this wasn't an accident due to the timing. There are some that are very smart even at 7 years old.
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post #12 of 14
4/7/10 at 8:21pm
There seriously needs to be a licensing process to operate a uterus. Or also the male side of things, but the fact is, when it comes to making a person, the buck stops with the mom...
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post #13 of 14
4/8/10 at 7:24pm
I think whether or not the child understood the finality of her actions would depend solely on the child's experiences. I can tell you that by age 6, I 100% understood that death meant forever and I certainly knew a few things about death. Death was when you stopped breathing. Death was when your heart didn't beat any more and you didn't bleed any more.

How did I know that? Because my parents hunted and they never shied away from taking us kids with them or not letting us see what death was. It wasn't something we were scared of, per se, just like we didn't fear firearms. We had a very profound respect for what death mean, as well as a very profound respect for firearms and safety.

Whether or not this little girl understood that death meant forever, whether or not she understood what it took to die (stop breathing), really depends on whether or not she had ever been exposed to death in any aspect, for real. Something we just can't know from an article.

Fly swiftly, sweet angel. There are lots of happy kitties at the Bridge for you to play with and who will love you.
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post #14 of 14
4/9/10 at 9:15am
I am having a hard time understanding a 6 yr old commiting suicide.
I have a 6 yr old daughter and she has been sent to her room throw ridiculous hissy fit temper tatrums and been sent to time out chair bawling hysterically. I just cant wrap my brain around her even thinking about saying she wanted to kill herself. It just boggles my mind. I can see my daughter saying I hate you..Shes done it to me before when she didnt get her way but I just cant see a 6 yr old knowledgably (if thats evena word) commiting suicide.
I really think they need to investigate more. Something just doesnt feel right about the whole thing...

RIP Samantha
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