Parents Beware: 10 Stupid Things Your Kid Might Try Over Summer Break
By: Christine Hammond, LMHC Just compiling this list of stupid things your kid might do over summer break was enough to drive me, as a parent, into a massive anxiety attack. After all, summer break should be about camps, swimming, going to the beach, parks, and hanging out with friends. Unfortunately the combination of unsupervised kids, the internet and time to burn can be a deadly one. After the shock of my anxiety attack died down, this list is meant to get your attention, as a parent, and perhaps to wake you up to the possibilities of immature behavior that goes way beyond the fears of social media, bullying, internet pornography, and gambling. Unfortunately each of these items is very easy to research on the internet and some even have YouTube videos explaining how it works. Choking Game, Pass-Out Game, Fainting Game, Space Monkey. This is self-administered or friend-administered - choking to the point of losing consciousness in order to achieving a high.