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Parents who lost children to suicide: “What signs did we miss?”

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Rising social media distress is one of the factors fuelling surge in youth suicides.

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Rising cases of suicide in children are leaving families in Kenya grappling not only with grief but with one main question: what signs did they miss?

Adolescents, in particular, appear more vulnerable, yet their distress is often dismissed as “just a phase” or typical teenage moodiness.