The popularity of today’s social media sites such as facebook, instagram and twitter, to name a few, are being used by teenagers to play games that can be, and most often are, dangerous. Parents are being warned of a new game that encourages kids to go missing for two full days. The ultimate challenge is get friends and family to post multiple posts and re-posts about them being missing. The more posts and re-posts, the more points they rack up to their credit. The challenge is similar to the 72 hour challenge that was popular in 2015.
Not only is this game dangerous, those that participate and go missing, could be charged civilly and or criminally for consequences that may occur in what they think is a game. The 48 hour challenge is one of the latest social media dares that teenagers are participating in.
Be aware of your children’s social media accounts and monitor them occasionally. What they perceive to be just a game can lead to them being caught up in a dangerous situation or facing legal consequences for their actions.
