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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 wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:21 amI'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 wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 4:18 pm

anarchist of love wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:21 amI'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?

Not Forever wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 4:18 pm

anarchist of love wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:21 amI'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?