The need for affirmation on social media heightened by peer pressure can lead to dangerous consequences as stunts like eating a Tide pod have shown.
A recent FDA warning about the latest social media challenge to go viral has brought renewed focus on the dangerous trend that endangers impressionable children and teens.
People are also reading… Parenting Don't cook chicken in NyQuil: FDA warns about dangerous social media challenges The most deadly of past stunts may have been the"blackout challenge," which emerged in 2008 and became trendy again earlier this year. Also referred to as the"choking challenge" or the"pass-out challenge," it encourages users to hold or otherwise cut off their breath until they pass out due to a lack of oxygen.
Benadryl challenge The"Benadryl challenge" on TikTok encourages people to film themselves taking large doses of the antihistamine containing diphenhydramine, which will induce hallucinations. At least one death, of a 15-year-old girl in Oklahoma, has been blamed on the challenge. The One Chip Challenge, invented by the chip company Paqui, dares people to buy a single “ eye-watering, curse-inducing chip made with the hottest peppers on the planet” that comes in a coffin-shaped box, Paqui’s website says.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | Omny Studio "Social media rewards outrageous behavior, and the more outrageous, the bigger the bragging rights," the American Academy of Pediatrics said on its website."It's a quick-moving, impulsive environment, and the fear of losing out is real for teens. That environment plays into a teen's underdeveloped ability to think through their actions and possible consequences.
Pediatrician and child safety and injury prevention advocate Dr. Nkeiruka Orajiaka is familiar with the fallout from these social media-driven challenges."I have seen people with injuries from prior challenges, like the milk crates, the Benadryl challenge," she said, alluding to people filming themselves climbing gingerly up a pyramid of the plastic containers, and usually falling.
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