(throwaway account) I'm not a parent, but the circumstances of your children is quite similar to my girlfriend. Her parents had been pushing her to succeed ac

(throwaway account) I'm not a parent, but the circumstances of your children is quite similar to my girlfriend. Her parents had been pushing her to succeed academically since middle school, and they really punished her (either physically or verbally) for getting bad grades. This pattern continued even after she started college. The final straw was when her depression made a return, she got a 2.0 GPA, and she decided suicide was better than letting her parents know. I hope you won't take this as me taking a jab at your parenting, it's just that your story resonates a lot with me, and I feel like taking my feelings out. I hope you and your family are able to recover from this unfortunate event.