Presentation Reflection PLN#3

While listening to presentations the last couple of days there was one that really got my attention. This topic had to do with suicide, and whether or not teens should be exposed to suicide related items on the Internet. This topic is relevant to me because one of our very close family friends has suffered from their sons suicide. It is so sad and I feel terribly for the family we love them so much and support them with everything we have. Teen suicide is awful and it happens way too often in fact it shouldn't be happening at all. From this presentation I have learned that a lot of teens view suicide web sights and that is where they tend to get their ideas from. I agree with the presenters thesis that teens should not be allowed to be viewing this kind of content because it only widens their thoughts. This makes me wonder with every teen suicide how many of them actually viewed content like this on the Internet before killing themselves. I think that other people should care and pay more attention to this topic. Also I think that parents need to be more aware of what their children are viewing on the Internet these days. Teen suicide can be prevented, and we need to protect teens from content on the Internet.