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Old 12-14-2005, 09:38 AM   #1
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I live in the suburbs in a pretty good neighborhood in a very good school district. Unfortunately our school district is having a big problem with children playing the choking game. A 5th grader in a different elementary school than the one my daughter goes to accidentily killed himself on Saturday with a belt from a robe playing this choking game and all the students are talking to one another about it. I talk to Kelsey about it all the time and I hope I am getting thru but the stuff she has been hearing in school scares me to death. The district has yet to talk the the kids about it but I emailed the guidance councelor yesterday and she forwarded my email to the superintendant who replied to me this morning. Has the choking game hit your school yet and if so how is your school dealing with it? I know a couple of parents on these boards are having issues with their babies but to tell you the truth I'd go back to the sleep deprived days of raising an infant in a heartbeat just to not have to deal with these issues.
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Kris, I hadn't even heard of this until I watched Oprah not too long ago [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] How scary. I made Kylor watch it with me and he seemed as horrified as I was by it all. I have to wonder how this all came to be, anyway. I mean, who was the first kid to try this and decide it was fun?? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] It's so sad.
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Old 12-14-2005, 10:56 AM   #3
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That is horrible!!! I will have to say something to my step-daughter. She has a 7 year old in school.
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It has not hit our school, but it did happen at a school in one of the suburbs. The counselor at your school needs to talk with the students. Also does your daughters teacher do a community circle each day were the students can voice concerns and celebrations? If not you need to suggest she help her class form a community that feels free to talk about fears and concerns. Many things are voiced in community circle and it helps children to voice their fears. It also allows caring adults to assist.
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Thanks for the idea about the community circle. That sounds like a great forum for the kids to discuss things and get everything out in the open and hear good ideas about how to deal with things.
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Our school has actually addressed it,. It hasn't started there, that I know of, but they thought that prevention was best.
One thing that they didn't talk to the kids about was that it's not just "choking" that some of the kids are into now, but "sitting" That's where some or just one kid sits on another's chest so they can't breathe. Has the same basic effect and no-one has told them not to sit, just not to choke.

(were WE ever that dumb that we thought NOT breathing was a GOOD thing?)
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I've never even heard of this. Kids are choking themselves for fun?! Do their parents not tell them the dangers of doing so?! That's crazy!
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wow that is scary I will be talking to my cousins about this.
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Hasn't hit our school, that I'm aware of anyway. (My students are usually the first to be trying these things & are quite verbal about it.) When things like this do start appearing on a school wide basis, they are addressed immediately.
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I have heard of this and agree it is very scary. I forgot which show I have seen it on, may have been Oprah but I want to say it was on Dr. Phil.
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I teach at a Junior High school and we haven't had to deal with this yet. Right now, we are dealing with "cutting"...it started last week. Some kids have started cutting themselves for fun! I personally don't see the fun in it at all!

I too saw the Oprah show about "choking"...I had my 9 year old DD watch it and it really scared her that kids would do that. I had never heard of this until then and shared it with the school counselor the next day (she had heard of it). She said so far we don't have any of this going on, but we need to pay attention and listen so if it starts we can try to stop it!

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I saw this on Oprah too and made it a dinner conversation topic with my two middle schoolers. They both rolled their eyes and said "How dumb! Why would anyone do that?" They seem a little naive about the influences other kids can have on them!
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I don't understand this one at all. I first heard of it on Oprah (or Dr. Phil?), and I don't believe it's an issue in our area (and hope it never is). I spoke to Josh (12) and he thinks it sounds like a dumb thing to do (keeping my fingers crossed that he continues to think that way). I've told him if he ever sees anyone doing it to try to stop them and if he can't, go find an adult right away!
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Goodness! I have never heard of this, it sounds absolutely awful [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img].

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Do their parents not tell them the dangers of doing so?! That's crazy!

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Parents don't know it's happening.....it's really sad.
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