VIDEO: Suicide prevention day: Equip children to deal with failure, says GP

Over-protecting children and solving their problems for them could be contributing to a higher rate of suicide among young people, an Irish GP has warned.

Harry Barry, who was speaking at the Console World Suicide Prevention Day Conference at the Aviva Stadium yesterday, said parents need to teach their children how to cope effectively with failure so they are better equipped to deal with downfalls later on in life.

“Parents have a massive role to play in not overprotecting children and helping them to problem solve rather than solving problems for them,” said Dr Barry.