The stories will explore how the pandemic and isolation have affected kids, the role over-the-counter medication plays in youth suicide attempts, social media, and the unique challenges faced by minorities, including the LGBTQ+ community as to how suicide affects families. This is not in the parenting manual, so no parent really knows how to respond when their teen says that maybe they re depressed or maybe they don t want to live anymore, said Kristen Pyrc, MD, co-medical director of psychiatry at Cook Children’s. Having that knowledge before you have that conversation with that teen is a really good idea, Pyrc said.