![]() ![]() “I will do anything and everything I possibly can to make sure this doesn't happen to another family.” “All I would ask is just as parents or teachers or just concerned citizens, I would just ask if this means anything to you at all and you feel strongly enough to reach out to Netflix in any way to express that, you have my utmost thanks,” he said. Herndon said he is not advocating a protest against Netflix, but hopes to honor Bella’s memory by pushing for suicide awareness. “I would implore and beg Selena Gomez because she has a huge platform to please reach out to our kids and please tell them there are other options," he told KTVU-TV. If your child makes a threat about wanting to hurt themselves, take it seriously."Ĭhiu said he hopes producers, specifically Gomez, use the show's high profile to help its audience members who may be vulnerable. "If you have a family history of mental illness, be aware of it, talk to your children. "We have to break the silence, talk to our parents, talk to counselors," she added. "I had one patient say, 'I have to be perfect because I'm so flawed.' Where did she get that? "I think we don't talk enough when things aren't going well," she said on ABC's "Good Morning America" in April. “We took extra precautions to alert viewers to the nature of the content, produced a 'Beyond the Reasons,' a special episode featuring the cast and creators discussing their experience in dealing with such sensitive themes, and created a global website to help people find local mental health resources.”Ĭhild psychologist Janet Taylor said she applauds Gomez for addressing mental health issues on the show. "In our approach, we were mindful the material covered sensitive topics, as the young adult novel did when it was published in 2007. We have heard from many viewers that '13 Reasons Why' has opened up a dialogue among parents, teens, schools and mental health advocates around the intense themes and difficult topics depicted in the show,” the statement reads. “Our hearts go out to these families during this difficult time. Netflix told ABC News in a statement it was “mindful” of the “sensitive topics” covered in “13 Reasons Why.” ![]() “How do you stop something that you don't even know exists in the first place?” “Parents would have to know about what this show has in terms of content in order to think about putting restrictions on it,” he said. He would also like to see Netflix take new measures to better inform parents of mature content accessible to kids. ![]() He plans to ask the streaming service to pull the first season of "13 Reasons Why" off Netflix and stop production on the show's second season. Herndon said he is working with both his local congressman and an attorney to “open a conversation” with Netflix. “The looked to people and was turned away, and it created a series of events that led to a very black-and-white outcome, which was 'take your life.'” “It created this perception that there's no way out, there's no alternative,” Herndon said of “13 Reasons Why,” which he believes Bella watched on her iPad through the family’s Netflix account. At the time of her death, Bella was thriving in high school, according to her dad, who called Bella's suicide a "shock."īella Herndon and her father, John Herndon, pose together in this undated family photo. Herndon believes the show acted as a “trigger” for Bella, who sought counseling for depression after being bullied in middle school. The new warnings came just as Netflix announced it greenlit "13 Reasons Why" for a second season to debut next year. The production team said they consulted with mental health professionals extensively while making the series and provide suicide prevention resources and information on crisis hotlines in more than 35 countries on the website. Netflix announced in May it was strengthening existing warnings and introducing new ones to the show's viewers. ![]() The National Association of School Psychologists cautioned that "vulnerable youth" not watch the series because they may "romanticize" the choices made by the characters. Once the show aired, it faced backlash from parents, school officials and mental health advocates concerned "13 Reasons Why" could lead to a “copycat” effect of suicide. "We wanted to do in a way where it was honest and we wanted to make something that can hopefully help people because suicide should never ever be an option," Gomez said. Priscilla Chiu poses with her father, brother and uncle in this undated family photo.Īt the show's launch earlier this year, the producers, including pop star Selena Gomez, said their desire was to help teens. ![]()
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