PARENTS RIGHTS. CRITICS SAY IT OVERLY IT IS OVERLY VAGUE AND DISCRIMINATORY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THIS WEEK AS
WE FOCUS ON SUICIDE, ONE THING
THAT WE’RE HOPING JUST
FAMILIES WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: NORMALIZING
THESE KINDS OF KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS SO IMPORTANT
BEFORE THERE’S A PROBLEM SO
THAT YOUR KIDS WILL OPEN UP
AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY’RE
IN PAIN. MELANIE IS JOINING US
AGAIN FROM HERE TOMORROW WHERE
COUNSELORS ARE TAKING PHONE
CALLS AND MAIL. WE COVER A LOT
THIS WEEK. AND THIS FINAL DAYS
REALLY DEDICATED TO MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO
DO WITH ALL THE INFORMATION
THAT YOU’VE PROVIDED TO THEM.
>> YEAH, AND THE TALK I MEAN,
THAT’S THE ONE THING THAT I
THINK WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE
MOST IS THAT WE NEED TO START
THESE CONVERSATIONS. AS YOU
SAID, NORMALIZE THE
CONVERSATIONS. DON’T GET TO
THE POINT WHERE YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE. THERE
ARE SO MANY STOP GAPS IN THE
WAY AND THIS IS A PLACE THAT’S
REALLY TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE
ACCESS TO THAT CARE. IT’S
CALLED HERE TOMORROW. IT’S
HERE IN BEACH AND THEY OFFER
NO COST COUNSELING FROM PEER
SPECIALIST PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRAINED TO BE THERE FOR YOU
AND TO HELP YOU GET TO THAT
NEXT 0 POINT OF HAPPINESS AND
A POINT OF HOPE. I WANT TO
BRING IN JOE KINNEY, WHO IS
THE CO-FOUNDER OF THIS
ORGANIZATION. I’M JOE, YOU
KNOW, YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE
ONLY BEEN IN BUSINESS 11
MONTHS. IT TOOK 7 MONTHS TO
GET EVERYTHING UP AND GOING.
BUT WHAT YOU’VE SEEN IS JUST A
TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF NEED
IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER
IMAGINED, I THOUGHT WOULD GET
ONE OR 2 PEOPLE A WEEK OR A
MONTH COMING IN AND STARTED
LIKE THAT. NOW IT’S 20 OR 30
OR 50. IT’S IT’S 500 RIGHT
NOW, 11 MONTHS. YOU KNOW,
WE’RE WORKING THAT. THE
PARENTS ARE WORKING WITH I
WANT YOU TO SHARE YOUR STORY
BECAUSE THAT’S REALLY WHAT
MOTIVATED YOU TO START THIS
ORGANIZATION.
>> YOU LOST YOUR NEARLY 3
YEARS AGO AND AT HIS FUNERAL,
YOU SAID THERE HAS TO BE
SOMETHING. THERE NEEDS TO BE
SOME STRUCTURE THAT YOU JUST
DIDN’T SEE. YOU KNEW SOMETHING
WAS GOING ON WITH HIM. TELL
TELL US MORE ABOUT GARY. LIKE
MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> THEY HAVE A SON OR A
DAUGHTER AND YOU’RE STRUGGLING
AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND I’M A PERSON WHO KNOWS
EVERYBODY AND I HAD NO IDEA
WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS
WRONG LATER ON. I FOUND OUT HE
CATATONIC DEPRESSION AND HE’D
GO INTO PERIODS WHERE HE
LITERALLY COULDN’T TALK FOR AN
HOUR OR AND DISASSOCIATED WITH
THE AND BECAME A AND IT WAS
THE HARDEST THING FOR ME AND
MY WIFE, TO HANDLE HOW TO TAKE
CARE OF WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.
AND I EVEN WENT TO A
PSYCHIATRIST BY SOME HOW TO
TALK WITH KERRY, TO KNOW THE
URBAN TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. I
GUESS I SORT OF BECAME A PEER
SPECIALIST, BUT I WASN’T IT
WAS VERY LEVEL AT ALL. IN
ESSENCE, CURING ARE FAILED.
AND WITH TOOK HIS LIFE AND HIS
WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO
CHANGE THIS. WE’RE GOING TO
PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WE
WERE GOING TO HELP ENSURE WE
STARTED THE IDEA STARTED
BUILDING ON IT AND KIND OF
BORED TOGETHER WHO HAD THE
SAME PASSIONS. AND WE’RE
FORTUNATE TO GET WORTH WHO’S
AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN SECOND
DIRECTOR. AND WE PUT THE
STRUCTURE TOGETHER IN THE LAST
7 MONTHS OF HOW TO DO THIS AND
WHAT TO DO. THE GUARD SAYING
CAME IN OUR PEER SPECIALIST
WHO IF YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING ON
TV THAT YOU’RE SPECIAL THEIR
OWN THEY ARE TRULY
UNBELIEVABLE HUMAN THANK YOU.
THANK SEEK AN EMOTIONAL AND I
KNOW THIS IS GOOD WORK THAT
YOU’RE DOING.
>> AND THE COMMUNITY, THANKS
YOU FOR I THINK WE SHOULD
POINT OUT THAT THEY ALSO JUST
GOT A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO
KEEP THIS WORK GOING.
>> YOU KNOW, AS JOE SAID, HE
KNOWS EVERYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND HE’S TAPPING ON
THOSE PEOPLE TO TRY TO MAKE
THIS ORGANIZATION FLOURISH.
AND HERE’S THE THING,
EVERYBODY IN THIS THEY’VE BEEN
THROUGH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
THESE ARE PEERS. THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE DEALT
WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES MAY
BE CONSIDERED SUICIDE OR LOST
SOMEONE TO SUICIDE. SO WHEN
YOU MAKE THAT CALL, THEY ARE
PASSIONATE. THEY ARE KIND AND
THEY CAN RELATE TO YOU AND
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO DO
VIRTUAL COUNSELING OR
IN-PERSON COUNSELING CALL AT
NO COST. SO WE WILL BE HERE
THROUGH 10 MAKE THAT CALL NOW
THAT NUMBER 3, 7, 2, 90 87. IF
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU
KNOW SOMEONE THAT MIGHT NEED
SOME HELP AND MAYBE YOU COULD
BE THAT LINKED TO CONNECT
THEM. THEY ARE ALSO HERE UNTIL
08:00PM. SO IF YOU MISS THIS
MORNING, THEY’RE HERE 8 TO 8
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10 TO 6
ON THE WEEKENDS. WE’LL CHECK
BACK IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO