Viral 'skull breaker challenge' circulating on social media puts children in danger

[demmiblue]

DETROIT – Kathleen DeJesus had no idea when she got hurt that she was an unknowing participant in the latest social media challenge.

“I was thinking -- I feel like I was going to die,” DeJesus said.

DeJesus, 13, of Massachusetts, was rushed from her middle school to the hospital after an incident in her gym class.

“I was paralyzed,” she said. “I felt I had a concussion. I was numb. I couldn’t feel my legs, my foot, my hands, nothing."

The challenge she found herself a part of is called the “skull breaker challenge,” and it’s circulating on social media platforms such as Tik Tok. In the challenge, three people jump, except the two on the outside don’t actually jump, instead they try to kick the legs out from under the middle person.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/02/26/viral-skull-breaker-challenge-circulating-on-social-media-puts-children-in-danger/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wdiv4

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. Kids do really stupid things.

We had some really dumb and dangerous “challenges” when I was a kid, we just didn’t have the internet to show the world.

[Turin_C3PO]

2. I remember when I was younger

kids were putting each other in sleeper holds to the point of passing out. Kids can be stupid.