13 Reasons Why: A Response from HeartLife
As mental health professionals, we want to inform you about relevant cultural issues that are affecting our children and teenagers. Recently, Netflix released the series “13 Reasons Why” available for streaming.
This show depicts a high school girl who has committed suicide, leaving behind audio tapes about her fellow students who contributed to the decision to end her life. Each episode focuses on one of the tapes where the girl explains how a classmate, knowingly or unknowingly, contributed to the emotional pain she was experiencing.