This is a tough article.  I have two kids myself, 12 & 13.   It is harder for them in some ways today.  It is harder to make a variety of friends when most kids spend more time at home.  Kids don't just play, in large numbers, in the streets of their neighborhoods so if they lose one of their few friends it is harder on them.  However, kids have more monitoring than I used to have so they get into less serious situations at young ages.  My brother lost his virginity at 13 - My son, at the same age, just had the facts of life taught to him & he didn't already know.

I went to the funeral last weekend, of a son, of a friend, who, at 25, had killed himself.  He had everything going for him - good job, family, money, great college degree, etc. - he just had depression.  

I myself have contemplated suicide in my teens & 20's:  results of being crushed by our church's rejection of my priestly vocation.  It did a number on my self-worth & faith.

We must remember people are very breakable.