Becoming Coco

         In my previous post I gave an overview of the two sides responding to the new Netflix series "13 Reasons Why." I talked about how I recommend people respond to the topics involved whether they choose to watch the show or not and how teens need to talk about these issues with their parents. The show could be a catalyst for positive change no matter what side you fall on, because just by people discussing whether the show is appropriate gets them talking about the issues at hand, namely suicide, bullying and sexual assault.    This is post is going a little more into which side of the argument I fall on and why. Mostly though I want to respond to the claim that the show "glorifies" suicide.  I put "glorifies" in quotations above because its a very subjective term here.   n the past this kind of terminology has been used to describe glorifying war as in when men in World War I were taught propaganda about how going to war made yo

Some people say watch it, some say don't watch it or don't let your kids watch it. Here are the sides: Argument 1) This show is too graphic and 'glorifies' suicide** Argument 2) This show depicts challenges teens face in a way they can relate to and can open doors to conversations. If you go with argument 1: You may have children who are too young for this content so that's a good choice, you may have a child dealing with these issues and you know their personality so you make a choice not to feed into that or you may be the kind of person who is going to try to shelter your child. But just be careful if you shelter them at some point they will get the info themselves so if you don't jump on that soon, they may get it from a less reliable source than you. If you go with argument 2: Its recommended you watch this with your teen and not let them just have free range of the show without guidance or at least watch it separately yourself and then have a co