55,000 signatures<\/a>. The second season of the show is rumored to be streaming soon.<\/p>\n\u201cThis is not a partisan issue, not a conservative issue, but an issue of what we\u2019re putting in front of our teens,\u201d said Walker Wildmon, assistant to AFA President Tim Wildmon, his father.<\/p>\n
\u201cFourteen-year-old Anna Bright from Alabaster, Alabama, killed herself April 18, 2017, after binge-watching the \u2026 series,\u201d according to an American Family Association letter to Netflix CEO Reid Hastings sent late last month.<\/p>\n
Bright wasn’t the only teen to commit suicide after watching the show. The AFA letter continues by saying \u201cBella Herndon and Priscilla Chiu, both 15-year-olds from California, also took their own lives just days after watching Hannah Baker kill herself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wildmon later stated the the campaign to stop the series was an informal effort but wanted to do it to create awareness. He said the series is \u201ca very dark show, but it\u2019s dark towards our teenagers. It targets them, it\u2019s very dark, it glorifies suicide. We\u2019re trying to inform adults you need to keep an eye on what your kids are watching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bright’s family has also spoken out against the show, and have been working with the AFA.<\/p>\n
“To portray suicide first of all as an option is not a good thing,” Mother Patrice Bright said in the video that the AFA released. “To portray it graphically where you can actually see and get that image in your head, it leaves you vulnerable to the enemy’s attack, which I think it definitely did for our daughter.”<\/p>\n
Anna’s dad, a former pastor, revealed that despite being raised in a God-centered house, she could not escape the dark battle inside her.<\/p>\n
Netflix didn’t respond to the AFA, however has spoken out about the show in the past. Previously, the company said it would add cautionary messages and post-show resources for viewers.<\/p>\n
One of the show’s editors and writers, Nic Sheff, defended the straightforward way the show depicts suicide. Once suicidal himself, Sheff said he survived because he heard a graphic story of suicide that repelled him. He wrote in Vanity Fair last year: \u201cFacing these issues head-on \u2014 talking about them, being open about them \u2014will always be our best defense against losing another life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Without doubt, for some viewers the show can be very troubling. The target audience of the show is mainly teenagers, and those who relate to Hannah could certainly choose to handle their own situations the same way the fictional character handles hers. This can make the show risky to watch.<\/p>\n
The question is if the series does it’s due diligence to keep that risk to a minimum. However there is not good answer to that, because there is no correct way to tackle such a heavy issue. Until then, parents need to be aware of what their teens are watching and create open dialog about their mental health.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are struggling with these issues yourself,\u201d Alisha Boe who plays Jessica Davis said, \u201cthis series may not be right for you, or you may want to watch it with a trusted adult.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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