When my mother knew she was going to die, she did the same thing--found papers and pictures everyone needed. Made sure we each got what she wanted us to have. She chose a very nice Hospice house. Then she stopped eating and drinking. It didn't take long for her to die.
The thing is, so many kids (Teens esp) think suicide is a glory filled way to go. The ultimate “I'll show them.” I sometimes don't think they grasp just what it is--you're gone, no chance of coming back as you were. And when the media says, oh look how lovely this was--kids who are in need of help or looking for the ultimate way to gain attention (needed or otherwise, in their mind it is) may see that as fuel for the fire.
I want to be remembered, look what I can do, I may not be in control of anything else, but I can control my death.
My ACK was not in reaction to what they did after he died. I chopped my hair off when my mom died. People thought I was nuts. So what?
It's sensationalizing (is that a word?) it that I think is wrong.
Shawn