3 Sisters - 12, 14, 16 - Jump Off 9th Floor After Parents Take Away Phone

[Jim Burton]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ghaziab ... g-10942380

Around 2.15 am early Wednesday, three sisters jumped from their ninth-floor apartment in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, after leaving a handwritten note that said, "Sorry, Papa".

Pakhi (12), Prachi (14), and Vishika (16) were allegedly upset that their father had taken away their mobile phone.

In the dead of night, the sisters went to their balcony, bolted the door and jumped out of a window, one after the other. Their screams and the sound of the bodies hitting the ground were loud enough to wake their parents, neighbours and security guards at the apartment complex at Bharat City in Ghaziabad.

By the time the parents broke open the door to the balcony, it was too late.

"When we reached the scene, we confirmed that three girls, daughters of Chetan Kumar, had died after jumping from the building," said Atul Kumar Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police.

[anarchist of love]

I'm absolutely certain that this did not happen merely because their phones were taken away. More likely, it was a "Last Straw" reaction to a situation where they were allowed absolutely no kind listening to their desires and needs (much less, any attempt to explain the reasoning behind such parenting tactics!).

[Not Forever]

I'm absolutely certain that this did not happen merely because their phones were taken away. More likely, it was a "Last Straw" reaction to a situation where they were allowed absolutely no kind listening to their desires and needs (much less, any attempt to explain the reasoning behind such parenting tactics!).

I agree, but even in the worst-case scenario... I think people tend to somewhat underestimate passions related to entertainment, labeling them simply as addiction, when a phone, for someone who is passionate about something, is the equivalent of legs for a runner or a hand for an artist. If a parent were to break the hands of an artistic child and that child decided to take their own life, I believe people would have fewer reservations about blaming the one who broke those hands.

But if the passion is not something that can be monetized, if it is perceived as a waste of time, then it is seen as something wrong, and the passion takes the name of addiction, even though in substance there is no real difference between the first and the second.

What I mean is that... there is this tendency not to give value to the suicide of a minor. As if they had no agency, with the blame being placed on their entertainment, their impulsiveness, their relationships, their biology, and so on… unlike in the case of adults, where the problems that lead to suicide are not denied, but the act itself is, in my opinion, more “respected” compared to that of a minor.

Is this just my perception?

[anarchist of love]

Good!

[bnkywuv]

Jesus Christ! Sounds like a LOT more was going on. This is why antis should NOT be parents, nor controlling people in general! They're DANGEROUS to youth!

Even though it's a tad unrelated, things like these are exactly what cemented by beliefs and gave unshakable faith of an afterlife. This life is so needlessly cruel to innocents, children and those who love them.

[bnkywuv]

I'm absolutely certain that this did not happen merely because their phones were taken away. More likely, it was a "Last Straw" reaction to a situation where they were allowed absolutely no kind listening to their desires and needs (much less, any attempt to explain the reasoning behind such parenting tactics!).

I agree, but even in the worst-case scenario... I think people tend to somewhat underestimate passions related to entertainment, labeling them simply as addiction, when a phone, for someone who is passionate about something, is the equivalent of legs for a runner or a hand for an artist. If a parent were to break the hands of an artistic child and that child decided to take their own life, I believe people would have fewer reservations about blaming the one who broke those hands.

But if the passion is not something that can be monetized, if it is perceived as a waste of time, then it is seen as something wrong, and the passion takes the name of addiction, even though in substance there is no real difference between the first and the second.

What I mean is that... there is this tendency not to give value to the suicide of a minor. As if they had no agency, with the blame being placed on their entertainment, their impulsiveness, their relationships, their biology, and so on… unlike in the case of adults, where the problems that lead to suicide are not denied, but the act itself is, in my opinion, more “respected” compared to that of a minor.

Is this just my perception?

Nope I share it too! Kids in our society are simultaneously seen as "precious" yet "pests" at the same time, only precious when it serves to boost the ego, and pests once they begin to gain independence and challenge the grip of their oppressors. if you ask me, we need to find ways to preform brain scans so these people NEVER become parents!

[DANAT4T]

I'm absolutely certain that this did not happen merely because their phones were taken away. More likely, it was a "Last Straw" reaction to a situation where they were allowed absolutely no kind listening to their desires and needs (much less, any attempt to explain the reasoning behind such parenting tactics!).

I agree, but even in the worst-case scenario... I think people tend to somewhat underestimate passions related to entertainment, labeling them simply as addiction, when a phone, for someone who is passionate about something, is the equivalent of legs for a runner or a hand for an artist. If a parent were to break the hands of an artistic child and that child decided to take their own life, I believe people would have fewer reservations about blaming the one who broke those hands.

But if the passion is not something that can be monetized, if it is perceived as a waste of time, then it is seen as something wrong, and the passion takes the name of addiction, even though in substance there is no real difference between the first and the second.

What I mean is that... there is this tendency not to give value to the suicide of a minor. As if they had no agency, with the blame being placed on their entertainment, their impulsiveness, their relationships, their biology, and so on… unlike in the case of adults, where the problems that lead to suicide are not denied, but the act itself is, in my opinion, more “respected” compared to that of a minor.

Is this just my perception?

Do you ever idolize suicide?