iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor
A new social media trend that resembles something out of a cartoon could potentially cause people to sustain real injuries.
The “Banana Peel Challenge” has kids walking on banana peels to see if they’re as slippery as the classic cartoon cliché leads us to believe. The falls that result from the challenge, however, are anything but funny. They can lead to long-term or even permanent damage.
This isn’t the first dangerous challenge to become a fad on social media. There was the cinnamon challenge, which in some cases caused potentially long-term lung damage, and the duct tape challenge, which ended with a brain aneurysm for one teen.
So how do you bring this up with your kid?
Try your best to stay current with what’s in their world. Remember that the developmental job of a teenager is to push limits and take risks.
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