Social media has its users addicted to the dopamine rush they get when their TikTok or Instagram Reel goes viral. It has now taken a turn for the worse with the TikTok egg crack challenge, with parents cracking eggs on their children's heads – often infants who don't know what's happening.
What Happened: The TikTok egg crack challenge has gone viral, and parents are now cracking eggs on their children's heads, hurting them and leaving them confused about it all.
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To be sure, the egg crack challenge has been around for a while. However, only recently have we seen parents involve their children in it. Often infants are left confused, and some of them end up crying, thinking their parents hit them for no reason.
A compilation of some of these TikTok stories can be found below.
Users on X (formerly Twitter) have called it "very disturbing" and corny, while others say it's not funny, asking people to "stop hurting your kids for clout".
The first kid in the video was audibly hurt by the egg being cracked on their head, while the second kid actually began crying while their parents laughed at them.
Desperate For Dopamine Hit: Mom influencer @mom.uncharted called out the practice. "Are we that bored as parents and desperate for content, needing something to post on the internet so bad because it is so consuming to be a part of this world?" she said.
"And the dopamine hit, and the likes, and views – that we are now in 2023 cracking eggs on our children's heads in hopes that they have an entertaining reaction that we can post publicly online to entertain strangers?" she continued, expressing his dislike for parents using their children for clout on social media.
This video alone has shown many kids being confused about why their parents are hitting them with an egg. Others on Reddit have similarly raised questions and doubts about their spouses pulling pranks on their children – sometimes as young as one-year-olds.
In some extreme cases, parents have been sentenced by courts, but the laws haven't yet completely caught up with the age of TikToks and Reels.
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