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i agree about the whole professional help idea. before telling her parents, talk to her about it. ask why she is doing it, and usually there is problems behind it. listen to what she says!! try to help her find a better way to rid of the stress and issues she is facing. If it gets worse or continues,thats when you tell her parents. Then when she confronts you about it, tell her you care about her so much that you didnt know what else to do to help. You cant afford to lose her and nothing else was working. She may be mad at you for a while, but at least she hopefully is getting help by that point. She will probably realize that you really did care about her and she would be so grateful for looking out for her and trying to help.

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I think driving home the point that cutting is self-mutilation, a dangerous and awful practice that needs to stop now is important. I wouldn’t quit telling her to stop, and trying to find out why she thinks that that is a god idea, and trying to figure out how to convince her that it’s not a good idea until I got so sick of it that I wasn’t able. Then maybe I’d tell her parents.