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Teenage brains are drawn to popular social media challenges – here's how parents can get their kids to think twice

  • Written by Elisa M. Trucco, Associate Professor of Psychology, Florida International University
Teenage brains are drawn to popular social media challenges – here's how parents can get their kids to think twiceThe milk crate challenge went viral in the summer of 2021. ER doctors weren't amused. Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

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