"The Choking Game" A Popular "game" Proves Deadly

[duckigrrl]

I rarely watch morning  news shows but today I chose to. I'm sitting here now, watching the Today show. A family who lost a fifteen year old son to this is telling about it.

Look online. There are so many hits for the choking game on youtube. I barely typed in the choking and suggestions popped up:

the choking game

choking game gone wrong

choking game death

choking game how to.

These are frightening things. I clicked on the choking game and saw a huge list of videos waiting to be seen by your child. Kids do this alone and together, hoping for a brief, drug free high. The "high" they feel is actually the lack of oxygen to the brain. There is a very real risk of death with this. Please, check this out for yourselves. Protect your children. Password protect youtube. Talk to your kids honestly about this. Learn the lingo. Kids have an amazing code and will talk about things right under your nose. One alias for the choking game was "space monkey."

signs:

sudden need for privacy

blood spots in the eyes

marks on the neck

These are only a few signs.  Please do your research on this. It frightens me that our kids may be subjecting themselves to it. For more information please go to www.chokinggame.net.

[lovenolan]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 9:06 AM

Scary Stuff! I saw an episode of Dr.G Medical Examiner about this!

[mountainmom70]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Yep, they have been doing that for fews now. I think I saw that on Montel. Sad, I hope I don't have to  deal with that. I hope my child won't be follower, I hope she will be a leader when she becomes a teen.

[duckigrrl]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM

I hope she's a leader, too.  The best way to make sure that happens is to teach her that way now.  We must empower our kids from a young age. You're probably already doing that.

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[IhartU]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM

We actually did this all the time back in high school in the 1980's.   We would bend over at the waist, breathe in and out really fast and then wrap our purse straps around out necks until we passed out. We were stupid and it never even occurred to us that we could die from it.

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[WiseMom1970]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM

I can't believe all the crazy deadly stuff kids are doing to get some kind of "high". Canned air, sucking whip cream cans,cold medicine overdoses, and now choking. What is this world coming to? Why is there such a need to get "high"? When I was in high school all there was was drinking and smoking dope. Well there were a few who sucked whip cream cans, but that was looked on as being stupid.

[duckigrrl]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 12:59 PM

All I can think is kids think its "cool" to do something like that. And when you are young, you dont think you are in any danger of losing your life over a few minutes of "fun." It's frightening.

(Original Poster)

[Mama0f3grlz]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 2:52 PM

I looked on YouTube and couldn't find any actual how-to videos. That aside, this is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard of in my life. This is stupider than huffing and sniffing markers. My Lord, is that all they can think of to entertain themselves? Parents, take these kids to an amusement park or something, please!! I cannot believe how unbelievably stupid this is.

[zombie_mommy]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 4:21 PM

wow, they use to do this when i was in jr high.  i cannot believe kids are still doing this.

[rerun3]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM

Something else that my brothers did as kids was to have one brother bend over and take a few deep breaths and hold it and then stand up straight against a wall and the other two would push on his chest (around his sternim) hard until he fell over into their arms. He blacked out for the tiniest second each time they did this and I'm sure it does the same thing as the choaking so watch out for that too.

[spockswife]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 6:59 PM

It's INSANE what kids get up to nowadays.  Thanks for the heads up.['-;