Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo

**samechick** · 05-18-2008, 01:54 AM

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Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo
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Last updated at 09:46am on 16th May 2008
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Hannah was a happy 13-year-old until she became an 'emo' - part of a sinister teenage craze that romanticises death. Three months later she hanged herself. Here, her devastated mother tells other parents: No child is safe
On the night before she died, she came into their room, kissed her father Raymond on the cheek and cheerfully told him: "I love you, Dad."

The following day Hannah's mother Heather went to check on her daughter and found her hanging by a tie from the top rail of her bunk bed.

She screamed for her husband to come, but try as he might it was too late: there was simply nothing that he could do to save Hannah's life.

In the unending bleakness of the weeks that have followed, the couple have fought to make sense of what happened.

Why on earth did their daughter — a popular, intelligent and attractive girl — do such a thing?

They could find only one clue: Hannah was what is known as an "emo".

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**jinalyn** · 05-19-2008, 08:44 AM

Hmm that's sad. She made her emotions prevailed in her life.

**Metallicana** · 05-19-2008, 11:09 AM

ow thats hard...!!

i thought that being an emo is just a trend....

**samechick** · 05-19-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Metallicana

ow thats hard...!!

i thought that being an emo is just a trend....

Honestly I do think it's just a trend, and perhaps their daughter had problems anyway. Every generation has teenagers that do something that their parents either don't understand or are judgemental about. IMO metal, grunge, video games, jack ass (the tv show) and many other things are blamed for way too many things in our society. Some kids just lack judgement and forethought.

"You kids and your devil music!" was used to describe music as innocuous as Elvis (look how he moves his hips on TV!) I'm sure.

**Sirk** · 05-19-2008, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Metallicana

ow thats hard...!!

i thought that being an emo is just a trend....

oh it is. the overly made up and emotional is a backlash from my generation's grunge and apathy.

So long as you don't do anything crazy and slit your wrists, you grow up and end up ok.

**Metallicana** · 05-19-2008, 07:49 PM

i m a teenager too