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Some dangerous social media ‘challenges’ are resurfacing

Some viral challenges encourage young users to engage in life-threatening behavior, like ingest potentially fatal dosages of over-the-counter antihistamines or try asphyxiation.

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Parental guidance 🙏
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Benadryl is for allergic reactions in Adults, children and pets.
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There is something seriously wrong with American children or their parents, more likely both. This is just insane. Parents aren’t paying attention and want to blame social media. It’s that simple.
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I hope I can still use Benadryl for my allergies after this bullshit.
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Parents need to start parenting again!
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Do these social media platforms know how easy it is to lie about your age?
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Parents stop giving and paying for cell phones until 18.
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@sherida178 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 29
Get your child a flip phone with no internet. Or a cheap phone
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The entire internet needs to be 18+.
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Tick tock challenges are the new darwin awards
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Get your kids off SM. Especially TikTok.
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Why do children not know from their parents, that all medications have side effects and dangers. All medication has a toxic dose. That occurs when the amount taken exceeds the body's ability to metabolize or eliminate it.
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Parents don’t pay attention to their kids. This is what they get into
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The “let’s be as stupid as possible” challenge.
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Urgh. Be an adult and take away your kids phones.
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@miatarescue From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 104
Everything but parenting accountability everyone else's fault but their own.
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STOP allowing your young children have cell phones and social media. They dont need it! Come on
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Keep ALL medications locked up in the home until 18, because you never know when your kid will go rogue under peer pressure.
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What the actual hell?? Why are kids this age having unrestricted, unsupervised access to the internet??
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This is why cell phones for kids should not be internet ready