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Children are Playing the Most Dangerous Games

Parents need to know that kids are taking risky challenges.

  I can remember the exhilaration of the air rushing through my hair from the open window of the bus as I rode to school. At the ripe age of 8, I was introduced to the choking game that sunny day by a boy in the seat next to me. It seemed so exciting. After a series of deep breaths, I placed my hands around my own neck, and made myself briefly pass out. When I came to only seconds later, my head felt fuzzy. A few other kids on the bus sitting near us tried it, too. Luckily, we all arrived at school that morning unscathed after playing such a risky game. Little did we know that we were actually cutting off the oxygen supply to our brains through strangulation for a quick high. These types of dangerous games are typically played by adolents …

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