A school warned the trend could mean someone potentially getting seriously hurt.
Parents have been warned to speak to their children about a potentially 'extremely dangerous' new trend spreading on TikTok and other social media sites.Videos of the Superman craze show young people linking arms, while one person jumps forward in a Superman pose, landing on the arms and being thrown up in the air.A U.K. school has now issued a warning to parents that students taking part are risking serious injury.
'They wrote that pupils 'are seen doing this on leaving school too,' and asked parents to 'reinforce the dangers at home.'Newsweek searched both 'Superman' and 'Superman trend' on TikTok, where the phrase appears to have been blocked. Rather than bringing up videos, users are greeted by a screen with the words: 'Your safety matters.''Some online challenges can be dangerous, disturbing, or even fabricated.
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