Anomic Suicide in Asia

In relations to the four types of Suicide coined by Durkheim, I definitely agree with Gisung's entry on how in Asia there has been a high level of anomic suicide based on the level of achievement in education by the expectation of family and friends. On social media and news platforms, there have been increased news stories on how students predominantly in Asia have committed suicide due to parent's and peer's expectation of achievement in the academic aspect of their lives. If focusing on education in Asia, it is seen to be more competitive in terms of ranking at school, thus influencing parents to put a greater deal of stress on their children to get high marks and even if they do, parents would always tell them to do better. This can lead to anomic suicide because there low regulation and because they couldn't achieve or reach certain goals or to satisfy their peers and family, they feel overwhelmed and commit suicide. They find no meaning to live because they believe they can never do enough to satisfy those around them.

Interesting! I thought the same social issue for higher suicide rates among students in Asia. But, I guess it is because of high regulation on students' daily lives and low integration they can feel from their parents. The helicopter mothers manage the entire schedules and life plans for their kids. Their ultimate goal of life is to make their kids socially successful, which eventually makes them to overcontrol their kids. It is mothers who get a complete authority and regulation over their children's lives, not the children themselves. Also, due to high academic goals and pressures dominantly put on students by their mothers (or, parents), there would be very small capacity for students to feel warmth or intimacy with their parents that results in low integration.