If this article was sent buy a church, and I believe it was because I’ve seen it 3 times now, I think that they, in a way, looking for a scape goat. A lot of the things listed is typical teenage attitude, boredom, time alone, violent video games etc… And they’re in a way trying a group of people to blame it on.
I’m pretty sure at least parts of it are authentic—I’m just saying, if there’s no info about where it came from and when it was passed out, that changes how “authentic” it is.
And I still say that it’s asking a fair amount of the average clueless grownup to differentiate between a kid who wears black and skulls all the time and is a Goth and a kid who wears black and skulls all the time as part of his cry for help. Naturally they should look at other things as well, but particularly if the kid is gloomy and uncommunicative, you can’t blame them for wondering and worrying. At least I can’t.
I’m pretty sure at least parts of it are authentic—I’m just saying, if there’s no info about where it came from and when it was passed out, that changes how “authentic” it is.
And I still say that it’s asking a fair amount of the average clueless grownup to differentiate between a kid who wears black and skulls all the time and is a Goth and a kid who wears black and skulls all the time as part of his cry for help. Naturally they should look at other things as well, but particularly if the kid is gloomy and uncommunicative, you can’t blame them for wondering and worrying. At least I can’t.
Looking depressed can be a cry for help, right? And it’s harder to look depressed when you’re wearing, say, canary yellow. So they could wear gray…or brown…or ecru…or black. In and of itself, wearing black is fine, of course. But if you’ve got a depressed child, you’re going to be looking for signs. It’s only natural.
Suicide is, after all, the third highest cause of death for teenagers in the U.S. Really. So if their kid looks depressed, people worry.
If you notice, the items on the list gradually get sillier, going from the more genuine end of the spectrum like
-Listens to gothic or any other anti-social genres of music.
-Shows an increasing interest in death, vampires, magic, the occult, witchcraft or anything else that involves Satan.
-Cuts, burns or partakes in any other method of self-mutilation.
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-Eats goth-related foods. Count Dracula cereal is an example of this.
-Makes Satanic symbols and/or violently shakes head to music.
-Wears pins, stickers or anything else that contains these various phrases:
Looking depressed can be a cry for help, right? And it’s harder to look depressed when you’re wearing, say, canary yellow. So they could wear gray…or brown…or ecru…or black. In and of itself, wearing black is fine, of course. But if you’ve got a depressed child, you’re going to be looking for signs. It’s only natural.
Suicide is, after all, the third highest cause of death for teenagers in the U.S. Really. So if their kid looks depressed, people worry.
Actually, apparently it’s gone up to seconed highest.
I don’t black is a depressing colour, I like black.
