Imagine creating a world where kids are so fucking upset by a simple relationship breakup and loss of place on a track team that they feel driven to suicide. That these things are given such incredibly high importance in their lives speaks to the complete and total lack of anything else within their lives and communities as emotional rocks to build their lives around.
This is literally all this kid felt he had in his life. These two things. His girlfriend and his spot on the track team. Losing them was the complete loss of everything in his life. He clearly didn't feel like his parents were in his life, nor anything else, nor anyone in his community... And that it was impossible to get back what he lost or build a life of anything else.
This is what neoliberalism is doing to children. This is what mass individualist culture creates. This is what incredible emphasis on nearly meaningless bullshit has built and extreme competition with their peers.
It's awful.