Re: Re: Mother believes son died playing dangerous 'pass out' game

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Ingrid, So many people use the same line of thinking that you mention here, you

aren't alone in wondering about that. Here's what I think. I didn't know

anything about it, So I never warned my son, he found out about it anyway and

now my son is dead. Yet some of these articles say that the kids hear it's

dangerous and some continue to do it. That is scarey. But you can say the same

about drugs, smoking, drinking and driving, unprotected sex, all sorts of risky

and/or harmful behavior. Would you use the same thinking concerning drug

education, drunk driving, stranger danger, etc? For instance would you feel that

by NOT explaining the dangers or deadliness of these things, your child is more

protected or could make a wise decision when confronted with these things, which

they probably will be one day. I think education and knowledge is power, the

same as learning everything about colon cancer and the treatments available. So

I am positive that education to parents and kids is the more

constructive way to go, some kids are still going to try it, that's inevitable

and unfortunate in the extreme, but so many kids that are talked to are alarmed

and say they will never do it again or never try it.

I've received emails from a 13 yr. old boy saying he will never do this after

reading about my son and a 14 yr old girl and boy who said they had been doing

it but never will again. So many kids doing it think it's not dangerous because

drugs aren't involved, but brain damage happens a bit each time and death can

happen any time they do it alone. Some school systems are already approaching

families (one Texas school nurse wrote to me, said they found out the 4th and

5th graders were choking themselves and each other and wanted information which

I sent and they presented all this to the families who later questioned their

kids and learned they were doing it or had heard about it, they were so shocked

and appreciative that they had been told about it) and some health departments

are figuring out how to incorporate this risky behavior into the exisiting

school systems. This is finally happening, I'm so grateful. So you see how I

feel. ~Dianna

Ingrid Lowe lowenco@...> wrote:

Dianna, I often wonder that when we make kids aware of this and the

potential danger of death, do we also teach tem something new that

perhaps they did not know of. I know it is good to make people aware

of this. But when I talked to my son of this he never heard of this.

But could this make him want to try it now and see what it is all

about?

I talked to him about it and stressed how dumb the kids are that

are doing this since so many die. I explained how they can die. Just

all at once am concerned that telling my son aboput it may make him

want to try it. What are your thoughts??? Ingrid

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> More deaths from the asphyxiation game, please read

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> This is an article from The Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle

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