This is so incredibly sad and such a waste. I’m wondering if the parents may have needed to be supervising a little more. An 11 year old with unfettered access to TIktok can’t be a good thing.

Also, chroming has been around a long time – it’s not a new thing. I remember my own mother warning me about how dangerous it is in the 90’s!

This is so awful, my heart breaks for the parents. We shouldn’t have to ‘hide all deodorants’ from our children though – we have to educate them on the dangers so that they understand and make the choice to not do these things. Just because you hide things from them in your home doesn’t mean they won’t find them somewhere else, or a friend won’t supply them with it!

Chroming has been a problem for years.

What a terrible waste of a young life. It’s a tragedy that should never have happened.

This is heartbreaking for the family and such a tragic loss for them.

This is very sad. What a devastating experience for not only the parents, but the friend’s parents as well.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 16 Mar 2024 , 7:23 am

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  My heart goes out to both too, very traumatic and heartbreaking ! Imagine you have a friend of your child sleeping over and it dies at your house !

Unfortunately, this is not a new thing, they’ve just given it a new name. Now that there are things like Tik Tok around these things are becoming more widely spread.

Certainly not a modern problem but yes, let’s keep the conversations going. No one should lose a child.

Heartbreaking. Unfortunately “Chroming” has been around long before TiK ToK. I remember walking past kids in the late 80’s “Chroming” and they would have been around 12 years. Its not just social media that influence kids, other kids do.

Shocking story for the parents. This is but a historical story of where a child takes on a dare and dies sad as it is its very hard to stop as there will always be a child that takes that risk not matter the circumstances .What do you do .Care for them and give them the best help you always can

This hurts my heart so much. Kids that young on TikTok. These ridiculous challenges. I hate what this is and what it’s doing to innocent children and families. PEOPLE ARE DYING.

So heartbreaking ! My heart goes out to te family and also to the family and friend he was stying over with.
Peer pressure is a huge thing. Some teenagers are more sensible for this and like to act cool and brave in order to get their friends admiration and sense of belonging.
We should educate our kids about the dangers and teach them that it’s brave to say no to certain things

How very heartbreaking. It’s so scary raising kids in this age of technology, feels so much harder to protect them.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 16 Mar 2024 , 6:19 am

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  An enormous amount of vigilance and education is needed due to the use of technology.

Shocking outcome of a fun night stayover. Please educate your children and try to instil in them not to be silly enough to fall for peer pressure on something as dangerous as this. Sympathy to the family.

TikTok should have stricter controls in place and remove things like this as soon as they’re posted.

What a tragedy indeed. My heart goes to his immediate family on such a young loss.

Wondering how old this story is as chroming has been around for ages.
Also do not agree with the comment “parents to ‘hide all deodorants’ from their children.”
At the age of 11 some children actually use deodorants (for what they are intended for) SO how about educating them on the dangers of inhaling the fumes etc from these and other forms.
Sympathy and love to all concerned.

The reason we should not do social media and vet sleep overs!

Incredibly sad, my heart goes out to his family.