Does ’13 Reasons’ Netflix series glorify teen suicide?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 22 May 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A Florida mom blames “13 Reasons” for contributing to suicidal thoughts in her teen son’s mind, leading to his need for psychiatric care. She criticizes a teacher for suggesting students watch the Netflix series without parents knowing. In this episode, Nancy Grace talks with psychologist Caryn Stark about what parents should know and do to prevent teen suicide.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Hannah.
0:06.8	The Netflix show 13 Reasons Why has been criticized for glorifying suicide.
0:11.6	Because I'm about to tell you the story of my life, more specifically why my life ended.
0:16.6	The fictional series features a high school girl who sends tapes to students and a teacher
0:21.7	explaining how they wronged her.
0:23.4	If you're listening to this tape, you're one of the reasons why.
0:25.6	It's everyone is just so nice and so they drive you to kill yourself.
0:29.3	This is crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:32.0	I've other says a teacher gave her 15 year old son the idea to watch a Netflix series.
0:36.8	She feels contributed to some of his mental health issues.
0:39.8	One of the teachers was discussing the series in class and basically said, you know, I think
0:45.2	it's a pretty good show you guys should check it out.
0:47.0	Days later, her son was committed for psychiatric evaluation.
0:51.1	He was creating at 13 Reasons Why list.
0:53.4	Told us he was having thoughts of suicide that he didn't want to live.
0:58.2	He didn't want to live.
1:00.8	A little boy didn't want to live.
1:04.3	A mother out of Florida now saying a teacher prompted a discussion of the show that her
1:09.6	little boy watched it and wrote down 13 Reasons he did not want to live.
1:16.0	Now this Netflix show is about a girl who records 13 Reasons Why She Committed Suicide.
1:22.2	Oh, I mean as he graces is crime stories.
1:26.5	The mom who does not want us to identify her says the teacher at Clay High School in
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