As teen suicide spikes, school policies may be making things worse [latimes.com]

Mathew Portell 11/30/2312:00 PM

^{Jeramie Naya Vives Osorio’s mother gazes into a mirror above her altar. Her daughter died in March, just eight weeks shy of her 17th birthday. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)}

By Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2023

For her 17th birthday, Jeramie Naya Vives Osorio’s family showered her with gifts: a dozen pink roses, a stack of Beard Papa‘s cream puffs, a Strawberry Sweet cake from the Korean bakery Tous les Jours and a small silver necklace from Tiffany.

Michelle Vives knew her middle daughter — Jer to her friends, Mia to her family — would never wear the necklace. But she wanted Mia to have it all the same.

“She loves Tiffany, so every birthday I get her something,” Vives said. “This year I bought her the infinity one” — a silver charm on a fine cable chain.

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