Kristine: WELCOME BACK.
IT IS 8:10.
A TV SERIES ON NETFLIX HAS BEEN
GAINING A LOT OF ATTENTION SINCE
IT BEGAN.
IT'S CALLED 13 REASONS WHY.
THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO THIS
SERIES ACCORDING TO DR. ALANA
COFFEE.
SHE JOINS US LIVE TO EXPLAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD MORNING.
Kristine: I'VE HEARD ABOUT
I'VE READ ABOUT IT BUT HAVE NOT
SEEN IT.
TELL UZ WHAT 13 REASONS WHY IS
ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, SPOILER ALERT.
ANYBODY THAT TENDS TO WATCH IT,
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PLOT
AND THEMES BUT NOT NECESSARILY
THE BEGINNING OR END OF IT.
IT'S IN ITS SECOND SEASON.
WOMAN HERE ON SCREEN.
HANA.
AND SHE COMMITS SUICIDE.
ENDS HER LIFE AND REPORTS 13
TAPES DESCRIBING THE REASONS
WHY.
IN THOSE TAPES SHE IDENTIFIES
SPECIFIC PEOPLE.
SO SEASON TWO WAS JUST RELEASED.
THAT SEASON DEALS WITH THE
AFTERMATH.
WHAT DO TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND
STUDENTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
AFTERMATH OF THIS YOUNG GIRL'S
DEMISE.
SCHOOLS LOCALLY IN HAWAI'I DO
SEND OUT E-MAILS TO PARENTS
CAUSING THEM, HEADS UP.
THIS SERIES IS RELEASED AGAIN.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I KNOW
IT'S HAPPENING.
AND MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS TRY TO
GET IN FRONT OF IT, WATCH IT SO
CONSUMING.
Kristine: IT'S NOT LIKE A
REGULAR TV SERIES WHERE ONE
EPISODE IS RELEASED PER WEEK.
TIME.
THAT'S WHY SOME SCHOOLS ARE
GIVING PARENTS A HEADS UP.
WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, WE NEVER
GOT ANY HEADS UP.
Kelly: THIS IS ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES.
S AIT'S BINNENING BINNENING -- BINGE WORTHY.
IT'S DOMINATING A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ON CAMPUSES
BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN IT ALL AT
ONCE.
Kristine: BEFORE WE GET TO
THE CONS, YOU SAY THERE ARE PROS
AND GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE
SERIES.
IT BRINGS OUT SENSITIVE AND
CONTROVERSIAL AND CURRENT
THINGS.
SOME ARE MATTERS OF LIFE AND
DEATH.
SO THINGS LIKE SEX ASSAULT.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE KNOW
THAT HAVING --
THAT CHILDREN ARE HAVING SEX
EARLY.
AT 13.
THERE'S ISSUES OF RICH AND POOR
KIDS AND THINGS THAT ARE PUT ON
THEM THAT WAY.
THOSE ARE SOME CONS.
THOSE ARE SOME OFS-- OF THE
PROS.
THOSE KIDS ARE HAVING A LOT OF
CHALLENGES.
Kristine: YOU DON'T OFTEN
SEE A SERIES LIKE THIS ANYWHERE.
WHETHER IT BE NETFLIX OR TV.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU SEEING IT OUT
OF THE DARK BUT IT ALSO IS
STARTING CONVERSATIONS IN THE
HOME.
STARTING CONVERSATIONS IN THE
HOME IS THE IS THE BEST PART.
AND MANY KIDS SHOWS HAVE ONE OR
TWO OF THOSE THINGS BUT THIS
SHOW HAS ALL OF IT.
IN WIN SHOW.
Kristine: IT'S
OVERWHELMING.
YEAH.
Kristine: WHY MIGHT THIS
SERIES NOT BE A GOOD THING?
JUST TOO MUCH TOO SOON.
LIKE ALL 13 ED SODS -- EPISODES
AT ONCE.
ANOTHER IS IT SENSATIONALIZES
LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES ARE
SERIES.
SHE'S ARE -- THESE ARE LEGAL ISSUES.
WE'VE GOT KIDS TALKING ABOUT IT
WITHOUT NECESSARILY ADULTS.
IT'S DEPICTED IN THE SHOW THAT
CHILDREN ARE NOT TALKING TO
THEIR PARENTS OR TEACHERS.
WHEN THEY DO COME TO US THEY
COME TO US WITH PARTIAL
INFORMATION.
WE CAN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
IT GLAM RISES SUICIDE.
SO HAWAI'I DOES HAVE HIGH RAILS
RAIL -- RATES OF SUICIDE.
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
COPYCAT ACTION.
SOMETIMES KIDS WATCH AND GO AND
GO, I'M FEELING BAD OF THE MAYBE
IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TO TALK
ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
THAT HANA AND OTHER STUDENT ARE
FACING.
THERE'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET
HELP.
Kristine: SPEAKING OF HELP,
IF A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT IS
WATCHING AND THEY KNOW THEIR
CHILD IS INTERESTED OR WATCHING
THIS, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
START WITH WHO THEY KNOW
FIRST.
THOSE ARE PEDIATRICIANS, FAMILY
DOCTORS.
AND WE HAVE VERY STRONG FAMILY
UNITS.
THEY CAN TALK TO AUNTIES AND
UNCLES.
PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
IF IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE,
FIND A PROFESSIONAL.
THESE CHILDREN ARE VERY ALONE.
Kristine: MAYBE WATCH WITH
THEM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION
AFTER.
IF YOU CAN WATCH IT, WATCH
WITH THEM.