'Bullying' link to child suicide rate, charity suggests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10302550.stm

Beatbullying, a bullying prevention charity, says that up to 44% of suicides by children might be bullying-related. They would like to see a more official data on child suicide, because the connection between bullying and child suicide is obvious. The problem is that there is a lack of clarity and research about it. They know that there are 176 cases of suicides of 10- to 14-year-olds reported between 2000 and 2008, but they don’t know the exact number of the suicides that were bullying related. A good start would be to try to reduce bullying in schools, because the school is seen as the main source of the bullying.

My opinion:
It is so sad that children this age think about committing suicide because they are getting bullied by other children. It is even more shocking that actually 176 children committed suicide in eight years time. I think ‘Beatbullying’ makes a good point in this article. Everyone is just guessing right now, because they don’t have exact numbers and exact information about all the cases. It would be good if people would do more research about certain cases. Also starting at the main source of the problem, the schools, is a good idea in my opinion. Hopefully this will take care of less suicides in the future.