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A little NZ boy of 7 has tried to suicide twice during the lockdown & his mother is receiving no help

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This is tragic. I am hearing that many folk have found this whole lockdown with their families very very difficult. Why should a lockdown prevent this mother getting help for her child? As it turns out the child had been discharged from health services without his mother being told. To make matters far worse for this little guy, his mother has cancer! Imagine what will be flying through his mind? The fear of losing his mother on top of all the health scare! EWR

from newsroom.co.nz

“Since this broke out, my son has wicked nightmares to the point he’s vomiting and shaking uncontrollably. You’ve got to put him in shower to bring him out, he’s bed wetting and soiling himself…”

For some New Zealanders, lockdown has been a nightmare – such as the mother of a suicidal child who, when she called for help, was asked if she had completed a parenting course. Bonnie Sumner  and Melanie Reid report.

In a middle-class Napier suburb on week two of the lockdown, a seven-year-old boy attempted suicide.

The following morning he tried to do it again. His mother says she called various social services for help. No one would.

Her son has ADHD and autism and is undergoing assessment for psychosis. He has been under the care of the Hawke’s Bay DHB’s Children and Adolescent Family Services (CAFS) since he was three years old – until his mother discovered two weeks ago he had been discharged from their services without her being told.

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https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/04/23/1140378/no-help-after-seven-year-olds-suicide-attempt?fbclid=IwAR1eJAKuwkIud5uLnGziyaHrgTUr1ZLKrfDr7ZRKcDAI-EBuTkY0WSQDdu4

 

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay (note not the child in the article)

8 thoughts on “A little NZ boy of 7 has tried to suicide twice during the lockdown & his mother is receiving no help”

  1. doesn’t take much to show where the cracks are
    yesterday on national radio, a pommy professor from Otago University told the nation that cell-phone tracking proves we’ve been good little boys and girls. Not travelling as much, as dictated. Nice to get a wee pat on the back as they slide into illegal mass surveillance through our cellphones. Think i’ll chuck mine

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    1. Yes it’s all going according to plan isn’t it steve? From what I’m reading if you don’t have the phone with the correct app on it you just won’t be able to travel. It is like that in France now. I can see why they chose NZ for the big experiment.

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  2. I AM IN A STATE OF TRAUMA HERE, AS OUR BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS SUSPENDED MY BUS 87, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THEY HAVE SUSPENDED 41 ROUTES, AND THE RESULT OF THIS IS AN OVERWHELMING JOB LOSS LOCALLY, AND I NEED TO GET HUSBAND TO DOCTOR. THIS ACTION ON THE PART OF MARTA HAS PRESENTED OVERWHELMING CHALLENGES, AS IF WE WERE NOT IN BAD SHAPE TO BEGIN WITH, AND IT HAS BECOME FROM BAD TO WORSE.

    https://www.itsmarta.com/MARTA-service-modifications.aspx

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  3. This little boy is being attacked by demons and they are very very real. The only defense he has is for him to recite prayers asking Jesus (Yahushua) for his help. The best source for appropriate prayers I know of is Sherry Shriner Prayers for Salvation and Spiritual Warfare Prayers.

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    1. Yes, agree Helena. He needs special help & only those close to him, or who know his family can give that. One of the reasons particularly I post this also is to highlight the kinds of stresses this lockdown has created for many Kiwis. A friend’s first thought at the beginning of lockdown was those children for whom school is a safe place. (Not saying this is the case for this little boy). Families were already under stress, this is just a huge addition that I don’t believe was ever taken into account. Still I’m sure you know that.

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