So proud of my daughter

My daughter is 14 and in 8th grade. She has always been kind and caring, but I have sometimes described her as “she marches to the beat of her own accordion.” Lately she’s been under a lot of stress between school and home. I feel like she gets overlooked because she’s so self-sufficient, and her older brother has a weird chronic illness.Right after I brought her home from school today, she came back from snuggling the cats with her phone in hand and showed me a text. I was confused; it took me a second to understand. One of her friends was basically threatening suicide! He had written a goodbye text and was no longer responding.My husband and I both had the same idea, since none of us had the kid’s parents’ contact info, but he was quicker on the draw. He called the school and got ahold of the vice-principal and let him know what had happened, since they would have the contact info. The principal said they were aware of the situation already but would definitely contact the parent. Within a few minutes, my daughter got a text from her friend’s mom letting her know that everything was okay.I told my daughter I was soooo proud of her for coming straight to us with that information! I don’t think I would have known what to do at that age. She said they had suicide prevention at school recently, and I guess it stuck! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2p8xaDP