wow this is extreme and why can’t kids just be kids!

I am sure a 3 year old would not be able to understand what this topic is about.
I really feel they are starting to teach children about this at too young an age.

I know that they want to have these talks with kids before they reach the point of thinking about ending their lives but 3 years old seems over the top to me. Honestly has anyone even heard of a 3 year deciding life is not worth live and ending their own life? I 3 year doesnt need to be face with these horrors at all.

A 3yo shouldn’t understand death enough to even consider wanting to die. By exposing them to these talks you’re not only going to scare the crap out of them, you’re letting them know that suicide is a thing. If they don’t know you can want to do they can’t want to die. No one has the right to educate my child on matters like this without my consent. They are destroying childhood. Ignorance is bliss and they’re taking this away. This is too heavy before high school. I only knew what suicide was before high school because I lnew an adult who shot themselves. My ex’s son used to cry himself to sleep at night and have nightmares about dying until he was 10 because his Sunday School talked about heaven. What would these talks have done to a sensitive kid like this?

Yes I think it’s good to teach kids from an early age that talking about our sad feelings is good and that there are many people walking around feeling sad and alone and that together we can help.
My 12 year old daughter had just this week a class mate attempting to commit suicide, so we took that situation to talk lengthly about this topic. My daughter has been reaching out to the girl and they are in ongoing conversations, which is good but also heavy for her.

I think 3 is too young to talk specifically about suicide. But yes the need to drum it into kids early that its ok to need to talk to someone when you aren’t coping.

It’s such an important subject. I think it’s very good to talk about suicide from an early age. I’m sure the talk will be customized to the age of the kids addressed.