Tag: youth

‘I couldn’t get help for my 9 year old who tried to take his life’: mother shares horror story of inadequate services for son

Suicide rates for young Australians double in a decade This report on ABC News yesterday,  ‘Suicide rates for young Australians highest in 10 years, researchers call for new prevention strategies’, reveals the distressing situation regarding the numbers of young people wanting to end their lives. In my talks in schools around the country, young people […]

‘Talk Shit Get Hit’: Why is Switchfoot supporting a company that sells this?

‘Shine your light by taking a stand, not by taking part. It’s not too late’ US supergroup Switchfoot will be performing and signing posters at City Beach Queen Street store in Brisbane this afternoon. While band members are at it with the pen and the posters, we’d like them to sign our Change.org petition calling […]