Credit: Jesse Zhang for NPR Make Space, Listen, Offer Hope: How To Help A Child At Risk Of Suicide By at 7:23 am NPR If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (en español: 1-888-628-9454; deaf and hard of hearing: 1-800-799-4889) or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. It was over a decade ago when Regina Crider's daughter first attempted suicide at age 10. "As a mom, the thought of losing your child to suicide is overwhelming," says Crider, who is the founder and executive director of Youth and Family Alliance, a support group for families of youth with mental illness in Rantoul, Ill.