This is the ninth in a series of blogs about the benefits of parent-child connectedness.

Teen suicide is a chilling topic. Mental Health America talks about the severity of this problem:

Sometimes teens feel so depressed that they consider ending their lives. Each year, almost 5,000 young people, ages 15 to 24, kill themselves. The rate of suicide for this age group has nearly tripled since 1960, making it the third leading cause of death in adolescents and the second leading cause of death among college age youth.