“Brighter Days Ahead: Supporting Kids Through Tough Times”

This is the story of two beautiful children that are no longer with us. Kallie Reid Fagg aged 13 and Terry Badger III aged 13. These two teenagers died from the tragic ending of suicide. Both Ari and I had to tell their story because it is the story of all of us. We both had been bullied growing up and watched others be bullied as well. It resulted in depression in my life for a long time.
Researchers found that between 2008 and 2018, the suicide rate among 13- and 14-year-olds nationwide more than doubled — from roughly two deaths per 100,000 teens in 2008, to five per 100,000 a decade later. Researchers also found that young teens' suicide rates spiked during the school year and dropped off in the summer, suggesting that school stress may be a factor. And, in fact, suicide is now the leading cause of death for 13- and 14-year-olds in the United States, said senior researcher Dr. Sarah Wood, a professor of pediatrics at Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine. We must not forget Kallie or Terry so this show is dedicated to them and others like them.

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