Kids’ silent cry for help

Kids’ silent cry for help

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A smile is just a smile

while the pain’s hidden, unseen

until suicides… too late

as kids’ silent cry for help

goes unheeded

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Kids need a safe space

to express themselves 

A need to communicate

their feelings, stress, and anxieties

to build confidence and self-esteem

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whose roles are these? 

to pick up kids’ silent cries for help?

mental healthcare professionals

need more training?

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Healthcare professionals only?

schools, parents, social workers,

and the law enforcers?

Public helplines and

governmental support?

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Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.

DONNA TARTT

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There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

Laurell K. Hamilton

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