Exam and Suicides

Should parents be held responsible for exam related suicides?

Lust4life said...
Parents r not to be blamed completely. Depends upon the peer pressure, school/college environ,upbringin also

vani said...
the basic education system is all wrong. the pressures a student faces is enormous... parents who have unreal expectations, teachers who hardly counsel and peer pressure -- all r responsible. what ths o3 family all abt???

Blogesh said...
Parents should'nt be the prime responsible for exam related suicides. But they can be surely prime contributing factor for avoiding the suicides. It is the peer and outside world pressure, one is not able to take up. One to one dialogue is the need of hour in every home rather than spending time in "isolation" by every family member. Its the key for many problems, in my opinion.

frenchita said...
Sure I think parents should be held responsible . they should be clued in as to what their child is going through .They should then alert the teachers as to the excitable or depressed state of their child , before the kid does something irreparable .

tejbir said...
as for the ques.... not the parents exactly though they have some questions to answer and have their bit in contributing to such suicides but education system is THE MAIN culprit.

sumit said...
Well on this I feel... children or parents are not to be blamed the education system which is completely marks driven is the culprit... no credit is given to a childs other aspects, it's only academics which matter, to get into any course after school.. and for parents as well marks are the only criterion to judge the performance of thier children... so why should be they blamed for pushing thier children

ashiya said...
nahh.. i think its not the parents who lead to these suicides..... i think its the overall pressure from peers, from people around, self pressure- that what will happen if i dodnt succeed..... i think all these pressures add up to suicide..... so we just cant point and say that parents are the culprits..... but i think parents can be the major hand in avoiding this... but letting the child know... that what ever may happen.... we are there for u, and we will work out together... for making your future....

divya said...
Well there are times when parents put a lot of pressure on their kids and have way too many expectations which when the child cannot fulfill, he is compelled to commit suicide....parents are responsible only to a certain extent however! There are definitely other factors too like the ambience in school, way of upbringing, friends circle and well also on some other factors!! The very fact is our education system is horrible...the more you can mug up (even in science - haven't you read "Five Point Someone") the better marks you get!! The system of judging students on the knowledge they have is wrong and well another thing these days is that parents do have way too many expectations and at times, over-hype the potential of their child!