Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007
ePaper
Online edition of India's National Newspaper Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 ePaper |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other States |
|
News:
ePaper |
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Jobs |
Other States
-
Orissa
Staff Reporter
BERHAMPUR: Stress due to parental pressure to succeed has started showing its impact on tender minds. A girl studying Class VII committed suicide on the railway track in the city on Monday as she failed in the examination. Bijayini Pradhan, a student of Medical Campus High School, went to the school to get her results. She could secure only 147 out of 600 marks. On her way back home, she left her bicycle near Lanjipalli railway level crossing and was believed to have run up to a distance of more than a km before jumping into an approaching train. Her report card was found near the body on the railway track. It is quite uncommon of a girl of her age taking the extreme step. What could be the reason? According to clinical psychologist Devangana Barik, suicidal tendency is on the rise among students due to increasing pressure to perform. Parents are to blame, she says. "Target fixing, undue comparisons, anxiety of parents regarding the career of their children are proving to be a burden on the tender minds," she says.
Advice
According to her, children attach their ego with that of their parents. In the event of a failure, they feel their parents' hopes are belied. "It is high time parents accepted success and failure so that children do not go into depression," she counsels.
Printer friendly
page
News:
ePaper |
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Engagements |
|
|
|
The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription Group Sites: The Hindu | The Hindu ePaper | Business Line | Business Line ePaper | Sportstar | Frontline | Publications | eBooks | Images | Home |
Copyright © 2007, The
Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of
this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of
The Hindu
|
