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A Seattle middle-schooler was recently found dead after an apparent round of "the choking game" in which she tied a karate belt around her neck. In response to that incident and others the Seattle Public School District is going on an information campaign to raise awareness of this age-old method of getting high. The standard "talk to your kids about the dangers of __insert idiot behavior here___" seems to be the path they're taking on the website being circulated to parents.
Seattlest was a twelve-yr-old kid hungry for a buzz once. We huffed White Out, spun ourselves in circles until we fell down and sadly even tried our hand at the dangerous asphyxiation method. We never tied anything around our neck, though. That would cross the line from dangerous into wantonly reckless - A line we respected until we were at least twenty. We also were never alone for those first forrays into conciousness alteration (We waited until our mid-twenties to get dangerously intoxicated alone). So, kids, if you're listening, Seattlest would like to talk about the dangers of __insert idiot behavior here___ the "choking game." Don't tie anything around your neck, especially if you're alone. You could die and the buzz is frankly pretty lame. We know you have too much free time on your hands, but try to develop some kind of nerdy obsession to help you while away the years until you're 18 and you can start your raiding parties on the liquor cabinet. Don't be an idiot and don't die. There are plenty of better buzzes in your future that you don't want to miss.
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I think there should be public service announcements about the dangers of auto-erotic asphyxiation.
Could you imagine the TV ads with Laura Bush talking into the camera?
"Just say no to auto-erotic asphyxiation"
It isn't just "Autoerotic Asphyxiation" Kids are doing this right in the CLASSROOM, in SCHOOL HALLWAYS in GROUPS - and it is NOT all sexual. Unfortunately we know "too much, too closely" about this. Our 16 year old son, Matthew, died this way, almost 11 months ago. It makes no difference what kind of background a child comes from. It can't be hidden from kids. They seem to find out. You see, we homeschool our then, 10 children. Matthew was a good kid. He was not rebellious. He "wanted" to go to church. He started working at a dimestore, working for an older couple that treated him like a grandchild. He had paid for his own car. Life was good for him. But he made a terrible mistake that cost his life. He tried the choking game - he lost. We lost a son. His 11 year old brother found him hanging in our bathroom. His 15 year old brother cut him down. As 16 years previously I pushed with all my might to bring him into this world, I breathed all I could breath to put life back into him. But, it wasn't meant to be, and a precious life was ended too short. Now, I hear over and over in the news of yet, another child either dying or becoming injured with this life threatening game. Parents, teachers and children need to be warned of this game - over and over again. Yes, kids make foolish mistakes. So do adults. They need to be warned. Maybe Laura Bush WILL do a Public Service Announcement on the dangers of the choking games. Her daughters are at the age kids are still dying from it.
THANK YOU. Loni
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