When A 10-Year-Old Commits Suicide

Is it really appropriate to "blame the school" in such a tragedy?

Let me get into this with a quick anecdote/story.

Years ago, a family near me (20 or so miles) had their young son committ suicide. Absolutely awful. I didn’t really know the family, but had some overlapping friends. The kid’s dad is now an advocate for children’s mental health, and has even been mentioned in The New Yorker.

I was in a church group at the…