Teenage suicide has long been a worth-concerning dilemma for society. Unfortunately, the rate of this phenomenon is noticeably rising in Vietnam currently. This severe problem usually exists during the adolescence period, posing a number of irreversible outcomes on social awareness, with multifarious aspects such as depression or peer pressure leading to this problem. Some proposals have been suggested to handle this situation, mainly to improve teenagers’ mental health and to raise empathy among people.
This problem is such a delicate matter that always draws societal attention and discussion. Vietnam is not an exception, as it tips the scale toward the negative. It is because this phenomenon affects the young’s consciousness negatively. In simple terms, it influences other people to replicate self-harming activities that the previous person did. In Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, for instance, there was a case reported a few years ago where a high school student jumped from his family’s fifteenth-floor apartment to end his life. Following that, nearly 10 other cases were reported where others committed suicide similarly to the mentioned student above.
To effectively tackle the challenge, people have to really read into the root of this phenomenon. Some reasons have been researched and publicly announced to society, namely peer pressure and depression from the family, especially parents. It can be easily realized that Vietnamese parents are often obsessed with forcing their teenage children to achieve high scores and rewards at school and competitions. Those requirements are just to satisfy parents’ expectations, but not children’s, which possibly brings about stress and peer pressure among teenagers. If their children do not achieve what parents long for, they would be the target of malicious comments from parents, which makes the young disguise their feelings and increases the possibility of suffering from mental health issues.
Some suggestions have been come up to tackle this troublesome situation, such as opening courses to raise empathy among individuals or encouraging parents to learn about altruism. This could help adults deeply understand the young’s emotions and heal their children’s souls if they were mentally hurt. The more people who have the idea of suicide get rid of it, the less severe this problem becomes. In other words, societal conscience on this adverse matter plays a pivotal role in lowering the rate of teenage suicide in today’s life.
Subsequently weighing all the foregoing, social pressure, along with parents’ scrutiny, are the major factors contributing to the relentlessness of this matter. Raising people’s altruism and opening classes for soul healing are two main propositions to help resolve the dilemma.