Mums slammed over TikTok ‘challenge’ where they crack an EGG on kids’ heads – leaving some sobbing
MUMS taking part in a TikTok challenge which involves them cracking eggs on their children’s heads have been criticised.
The so called ‘egg crack challenge’ has seen toddlers left confused, in pain or bursting into tears.
Critics have accused some parents of taking advantage of young children just to appear cool on social media.
Some of the clips show older children getting involved, who laugh after the egg is cracked on their heads.
Campaigner Sarah Adams said: “I’ve been tagged in a few of these videos and I’ve seen it go two ways.
“One, the kid gets the egg on the head and they’re kind of confused, thrown off, thinks it’s a little funny.
“Then they move on. Or, they get the egg cracked on the head and they’re really upset about it and they freak out.
“But when I see those videos I think, are we that bored as parents and desperate for content?’
Ms Adams who campaigns against parental ‘oversharing’ online, added: “(Are we) needing to post on the internet so bad because it is so consuming to be a part of our world?”
In June the so called ‘tap out challenge’ went viral on social media , which encouraged kids to try and choke each other until they nearly pass out.
Katy Spence, a mother-of-two from Boston, Lincolnshire, was taking her son to the park when she spotted a group of schoolchildren goading each other to do the lethal challenge, Lincolnshire Live reported.
She said: “There was a group of around eight of them and they were being loud… I usually would never say something to someone else’s child, but when I heard them say that, I had to intervene.
“I said to them that they shouldn’t play that game, but they didn’t care what I had to say and said ‘are you going to stop us?
“They just had no regard for the danger they were putting themselves in, when I told them that they could end up in a wheelchair they just didn’t care.”
Other crazes have swept social media encouraging people to drink or bathe in a cleaning product. Borax, which contains the mineral boron, is toxic, even in amounts.
A mum caused uproar after sharing a video of her child’s lunchbox.
She took to TikTok to share a video of the contents which included a ham sandwich, jelly, crisps and a Coke Zero.
The South Yorkshire mum first started by assembling the sandwich, using the end piece of bread in a loaf and smothering it crust-side with butter before adding a slice of ham.
A mum was savaged after sharing the dinner she had prepared for her kids on social media.
Lauren Rolls, from the UK, is a mum who regularly posts ideas for inexpensive after-school meals with bargains from Aldi and Tesco.
Another mum took things to a whole new level when she decided to vent her feelings by spelling out a rude word with the potato letters in her daughter’s dinner.