there is a lot of pressure across all socio economic striata. parents are depressed leading to children being depressed. one of the main things to look at is a kid not enjoying what they use to enjoy. kids start losing pressure and things that they love, that's a big warning sign, not sleeping, noteating as well. also looking at drugs and alcohol since use of alcohol with a depressed person increases the risk of suicide. hopelessness, not having hope in the future and what they are communicating to their friends is really important. >> if a parent notices these things, what should a parent do? >> there are wonderful guidance counselors in the school, the d.c. department of health and the board of education are partnering to try to have mental health professionals in school. there are funding issues here, of course. but reaching out to guidance, pediatricians getting kids to talk nobody likes to talk about death but we need to listen to kids and talk to them, talking to them about suicide does not teach them about, you know, something that could