Mother of an injured child warns parents about the Hot Water Challenge

An 11-year-old girl suffered severe burns after her friends poured boiling water on her when she fell asleep.

The incident occurred on Monday morning, August 7. Merritt was invited to an overnight party in Concourse, New York. When the girl fell asleep, her friend poured boiling water over her. As a result, Merritt suffered burns to her face, chest, back, and shoulder.

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It was assumed that the terrible deed was part of Hot water challenge — when boiling water is poured on an unsuspecting teenager. There were also those who tried to drink boiling water.

Police arrested and charged a felony 12-year-old girl who poured boiling water on Merritt. According to the victim's brother, they were best friends, but before she fell asleep, she threatened her.

At the time of the tragedy, the children were not alone. The house was attended by adults.

Mama Merritt, Ebony wrote on Facebookthat parents should be responsible for their children and watch what they do.

She said NY1that her daughter is in excruciating pain and that doctors do not even allow the child to look at her burns.

“She's very sad. She's confused and doesn't understand why the kids did this to her. She thought they were her friends,” Ebony Merritt said.

On the You-tube laid out thousands of videos on which children experiment with hot water. Among them, the most popular is the video Hand In Boiling Water Challenge! HOOOT!. It was watched by almost 3 million people. The video says that it is a test to see if your body can adapt to temperature as it grows.

In some videos, people pour their hands with boiling water.

Last month, 8-year-old girl from Florida Kiara. Dad died after drinking boiling water through a straw. She decided to drink it with an 8-year-old cousin after they watched the video on YouTube.

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As a result, the girl's throat suffered severe burns, and she had to have a tracheotomy. Shortly before her death, the girl told a friend that she had trouble breathing. Medexperty determine the exact cause of death.

The Florida Children's and Family Affairs Department is investigating.

Authorities urge parents to talk to their children about information on the Internet.

The suicidal game is no less dangerous.Blue whale", originally from Russia. Interest in the game “Blue Whale” began to be shown in European countries and on the American continent. Search queries in English and local languages ​​for the game have increased hundreds of times. Young people are interested in the rules of the game, and psychologists and security officials are sounding the alarm and taking preventive measures.

To get into the deadly game, curious teenagers enter certain online communities on social networks and find curators and like-minded people for themselves. From the very beginning, adolescents are offered to cut the arm with a blade, cut a thematic inscription, for example, “Sea of ​​Whales”, F57, F58 or draw a whale. Gradually, the participant of the game, according to the conditions, must refuse to communicate with everyone except his curator.

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