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I am John St.Clair, Branden's Father. My son took his own life at the age of 14. A life he thought not worth living based on information he had in a world filled with information on everything. He made a choice based on only 14 years of being here. He made this choice while surrounded by suicidal thoughts of many others his age from all the way back in 6th grade. Teens his age, many self-harming (cutting) themselves at age 11-12 that carried on through to high school at ages 14-17 in a school system so blind and self-guided that bullying became normal and accepted as the way it is. Many children are bullied by staff, the very people there to help them become better people. My son had never shown any signs of depression. He was happy, almost always. He never spoke out to anyone we knew of regarding depression or suicide. Many friends came forward after my son took his life to tell us that he in fact stopped them many times from doing the same. After this happened, I began looking into this topic wholeheartedly. I think, for the fact Branden left us no note; no indication nor any friends to tell us a reason, I needed some kind of answer to this. Whatever it was I just needed to know. I felt it was my duty as a father and husband to be able to say the words, This is why.
