The dangerous trend with TikTok is spreading among schoolchildren. Recently, the police were called to a Chernivtsi school because the children decided to play a joke with an explosive mixture, which they made according to a recipe from TikTok.
The director of Chernivtsi Lyceum No. 12, Ruslana Babukh, told molbuk.ua about this.
“Two weeks ago, we had an unpleasant situation at school because of dangerous content from social networks. Our children, seventh graders, watched too much TikTok and made a “bomb” from an explosive mixture in a PET bottle. They took it to the toilet. It started to hiss, the bottle inflated. We were very scared. We blocked the entrance to the toilet and called the police. In 7-10 minutes, the police and an ambulance arrived. Two police officers went into the toilet to take the bottle. It exploded in the hands of one of the police officers, it's good that no one was hurt,” said Ruslana Babukh.
The schoolchildren later explained that they wanted to joke and try out the recipe they saw on TikTok.
“There is a security guard at the school, an educational safety inspector, and the children don't care They tried to do this for the sake of hype. It's scary to imagine what would have happened if we hadn't seen it in time. The students later said that they wanted to joke and see what would come of it. Moreover, these are children from good families. I can't say anything bad about them,” the director continued.
Educators say that the influence of social networks on the minds of teenagers is very strong and ask parents to control dangerous content.
“Children cannot distinguish between positive and negative. They don't see the boundaries. They believe that if it is available to everyone on the Internet, then it is allowed to do it. Therefore, we strongly ask parents to explain to their children about the dangers of social networks, talk to them, communicate on these and other topics regarding social networks,” Ruslana Babukh noted.