Some Preventable Tragedies, By Roger Behra

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Some Preventable Tragedies

By

Roger Behra

Among all the negative things going on in America’s culture there is one topic Americans avoid discussing as it has gained considerable momentum during the last year alone. And that is the topic of teen suicide. It needs to be discussed, so that corrections can be made. There are good reasons why a teen decides to end a life.

The teen suicide tragedy in most all cases starts with the parents. And that is most likely the reason why the topic is avoided. Parents would have to make big and important changes in their philosophy of life and mode of living.

It is not a coincidence that as more and more parents have avoided religious type living the teen suicide rate has progressively increased. Over sixty-percent Of Americans now do not practice religious living. So there is a definite correlation between parent and teen behaviors. And in far too many cases it ends with a teen suicide.

A 16-year-old softball star hangs herself. A 15-year-old girl stands in front of a moving train. A 20-year-old man lights himself, on fire and jumps to his death off a cliff. A Rutgers University student filmed by fellow students as he engaged in homosexual sex later hanged himself after the films was seen on computers by thousands of people. These suicides are very likely the result of the common reason called the behavioral chain of events. And it always starts with the parents.

Parents do not practice daily religious living. Teen is brought up not as any kind of Christian in a non-religious living environment. Teen doesn’t know that he is creature of God accountable to God for all thoughts, words, and actions. Teen later goes to school and is surrounded by other teens brought up in the same environment and with the same poorly developed consciences and who do not know why they are here, what they should be doing, and where they go after earthly ends. As a result the teens have a very blurry conception between right and wrong and what is correct and incorrect. In the end much too soon teen snuffs out a life and a God ordained destiny.

Now you can understand how it all develops with parental philosophy, behavior, and the resulting childhood and teen home environment. Until parents realize from the very beginning that no religious living in the home environment is a very disastrous way of behaving and living, the teen suicide rate will increase year after year, and that the are basically at fault. Parents must also realize that a non-religious living home environment leads to other criminal behavior that is disastrous also. Parents have to come to their senses and help prevent so many tragedies here on earth and very unhappy eternities later for their children well as for themselves.

R. B.
10-19-10