Two teenagers from New Jersey (United States) have been charged by the American justice for "aggravated aggression" and "endangering a child" after having noted the "SkullbreakerChallenge" on TikTok, indicates BFMTV. This challenge is to unbalance someone during a jump in place to make them fall back.
After his fall, the 13-year-old child trapped by the two teens suffered a concussion, his parents told the Patch website. The boy, who has been hospitalized, is doing better. "But he feels punished because he can no longer do what he likes," says his mother. "He gets tired quickly. […] After his first full week of school, he needed to take a nap every time he came home. "
On TikTok, the most popular #skullbreakerchallenge videos are now the prevention ones. pic.twitter.com/fnbNFUdiWN
- Raphael Grably (@GrablyR) March 5, 2020"We want to be sure it doesn't happen to someone else"
The family of the victim of the “SkullbreakerChallenge” thinks of the other young people in danger because of the challenge, pointed out by many internet users, local and school authorities and by the TikTok app itself for its dangerousness. "We don't want to see other children get hurt," said the mother.
"We want to be sure that it won't happen to someone else," she continues. "These are 13-year-old boys, they don't think. The child molesters face up to five years in prison, says BFMTV. On Facebook, families of other children injured by the challenge spoke out to alert other parents to the matter.
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