Parenting and trauma experts are sharing their thoughts amid a new viral challenge that's emerging on social media.
FOX 26 Anchor Rashi Vats has more in this edition of 'Parent to Parent.'Kids are not content, according to many parenting and trauma experts, who say it is dangerous and can have lasting traumatic impacts on your kids you might not even realize.FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV!
"I know it seems like this is a silly gag. But it really does have the potential to send that message to a young developing nervous system that, oh wow, if I can’t trust these people, then who can we trust," said Jamie McCoy, who is a trauma trained therapist and says often trauma stems from those younger ages."I say that most children are going to do whatever it takes to please their caregivers anyway.
Titania Jordan is a parent and wrote a book on parenting in the digital age. She posted her frustration on the book’s Facebook page. "[I wrote} please don’t do this, please don’t film it, and please don’t post it because children are not content. In less than an hour, I had more than 500 comments from parents. There are a lot of opinions about this challenge and not all of them agree with me, which was surprising," said Jordan. "They are not old enough to understand what it means to have embarrassing content about them online.
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