The viral challenges left the fatal victims, as in the case of Sarah Raissa Pereira, only 8 years old
Summary
The 8 -year -old death Sarah Raissa, caused by the “deodorant challenge”, warns of viral challenges; Experts ask for education and digital supervision as forms of prevention.
The death of the girl Sarah Raissa Pereira, Only 8 years, he has turned on a new warning on the risks of viral challenges circulating on social networks. The child had a cardiorespiratory arrest after inhaled the gas from an aerosol deodorant, in what has become known as the “deodorant challenge”. The case took place last Thursday, and was confirmed this week.
According to the Dimicuida institute, this practice has made at least eight more victims and continues to spread on the internet. Over the past 11 years, the institution has recorded 56 cases of children and adolescents who died or were seriously injured after participating in similar challenges.
In an interview with Land now This Thursday 17, the pediatrician and the digital security consultant Jade Pedrosa appealed to parents and guardians. For her, it is essential to be aware of the warning signals and, in particular, to invest in prevention.
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“There are many reasons. We know, for example, during childhood, we mix an exacerbated curiosity with a lack of risk information that this has. They come to see the validation through similar, I like it and share“Explain the doctor.
Jade also attracts attention to the growth of children and teenagers in groups closed on social networks. According to her, in these spaces, hatred speeches, incentives for violence, dangerous practices and even suicide.
To prevent a tragedy from occurring, the expert indicates two fundamental action fronts. “One, above all, is the prevention that is made through welcoming, conversations and digital education and digital supervision. We have another prejudice, which is to achieve when the teenager consumes these contents,” he says.
Among the behaviors that can indicate exposure to dangerous content, Jade highlights isolation, the sadder or sudden aggression. In some cases, even in the face of the reception and interrogation of the parents, the child or adolescents can close up close under threats by other members of the groups in which they are inserted.
“But also with all these actions and these protection mechanisms, we still have victims victims. So we must also think about global actions, so that the whole company is implemented,” he adds.
In addition to the “deodorant challenge”, the pediatrician cites other dangerous practices, such as the joke in which children are led to jump and, when they do, the colleagues next to them apply a bass, causing violent falls. Another example is the challenge of Asfissia, in which one child is suffocated by another until he loses his senses.
“They are not suicide children. They are victims of victims,” he said.
Source: Terra
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