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Parents - you know we love social media! It’s one of our favorite ways to communicate and share stories and information with you. But as we all know, social media can also be very dangerous.

A new challenge has gone viral on the Tik Tok app, popular amongst kids and teen. The challenge, known as the “Skullbreaker”, involves three people—two who are in on the prank, and an unsuspecting third participant. All three stand in a straight line and are told to jump in the air (by the person doing the filming, or someone else). However, the person in the middle, who doesn’t know what’s about to happen, is the only one who actually jumps. The other two people kick inward to knock the middle person off their feet—and, most likely, onto their head.

One viral video, which has been removed from social media has been shared by concerned parents, educators and medical professionals, shows exactly what can happen, as the student falls onto the back of his head.

Two parents (not in California) have recently taken to their own social media to share their stories.

A mother shared the scary tale of her son’s attempt at the Skull Breaker. “On Wednesday my son was asked to do a jumping contest with his 2 ‘friends’, when he jumped up, the 2 boys kicked him, as hard as they could, so his legs flew out in front of him. He landed hard flat on his back and head, as he struggled to get up he lost consciousness, he fell forward landing on his face.” She stated her son has a head injury, stitches in his face, severe cuts inside his mouth, and two front teeth she has to “keep an eye on.” She added that her son didn’t know what was going to happen, and because he knew the other boys in the video, he trusted them.

Another mom posted a warning to parents about the dangers of the challenge and asked for “prayers” for her son after he also fell after being “unknowingly TikTok pranked.” She shared her son had two broken bones in his wrist, which later required surgery and pins in his arm.

When your kids get home from school this afternoon, share with them the risks of this dangerous prank. Not only do we want kids to be aware that they may be pranked, we want to make sure our kids don’t prank any one themselves. We would hate to see any of our local kids hurt in any way!

Lancaster Sheriff’s Station polices the City of Lancaster, Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, and the unincorporated communities of Antelope Acres, Lake Los Angeles, and Quartz Hill in the Antelope Valley.
 
Ali Villalobos
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