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Rajasthan teen dies by suicide after father takes phone
A 16-year-old Class 11 student in Rajasthan died by suicide after his father took away his phone, NDTV reports. The boy, Mayank, was found hanging at his home in Bharatpur district. His…
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A 16-year-old Class 11 student in Rajasthan died by suicide after his father took away his phone, NDTV reports. The boy, Mayank, was found hanging at his home in Bharatpur district. His father Chauthmal Nagar, a heart patient, suffered a health setback after the loss of his only son.
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Blaming a single phone confiscation for a suicide misses the deeper pressures on teenagers. Headlines that moralise about screen time or parental discipline ignore what mental health support, if any, the boy had access to. The real test for schools and families is not whether phones are taken away, but whether a child has someone to talk to before reaching such a point.
Source: ndtv.com
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