What is the Egg Crack Challenge? Parents go viral for cracking eggs on children\u2019s heads asmr_roah\/TikTokParents are being slammed on TikTok after taking part in the egg crack challenge, where they crack an egg on their children\u2019s heads. A new trend has taken the parenting community on TikTok by storm lately, and it\u2019s called the Egg Crack Challenge. The hashtag has over 33.6 million views and is filled with parents filming them cooking or baking with their children, who are unaware of what is to come. While some people are finding the videos of this challenge hilarious, others have criticized parents taking part in it. So, what exactly is the Egg Crack challenge? What is the Egg Crack challenge? The parents are seen cracking an egg on their children\u2019s heads before adding the insides to a bowl. Viewers are then shown the kids\u2019 various reactions which vary from confusion and laughing to crying and freaking out. While some users are finding the trend funny, others have called out parents for participating in this trend. One of these users is Sarah, who runs the social media account \u201cmom.uncharted\u201d where she usually talks about child exploitation on social media. When asked if she\u2019d seen the videos, Sarah answered: \u201cYes I\u2019ve been tagged in a few of these videos and I\u2019ve seen it go two ways. One, the kid gets the egg on the head and they\u2019re kind of confused, thrown off, thinks it\u2019s a little funny. Then they move on. Or, they get the egg cracked on the head and they\u2019re really upset about it and they freak out.\u201d \u201cBut when I see those videos I think, are we that bored as parents and desperate for content?\u201d Viewers have mixed reviews about the trend One person commented: \u201cTikTok ain\u2019t got no morals.\u201d \u201cTikTok has ruined parenting & society as a whole, I was really praying on their downfall smh,\u201d another wrote. A third user wrote: \u201cAnything for views and attention online.\u201d \u201cThese parents are the kids\u2019 first bully,\u201d another user commented. However, others found the trend hilarious, with one saying: \u201cTikTok is saved, this is true art.\u201d A second wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s an egg. Calm down.\u201d \u201cThis is good family fun, no problem whatsoever,\u201d a third user commented. This is not the only time parents have been shamed for using their children for content on the app. In March 2023, one TikToker had the police called on her after wrapping her baby in saran wrap for a video. Parents warned by experts about doing Egg Crack challenge It\u2019s even got to the point that medical experts are advising parents to avoid jumping on the trend, as it could hurt their children. Dr Meghan Martin, who has over a million followers on TikTok, made a recent post where she said: \u201cI was not a big fan of this at all. T \u201cThis is not something that benefits kids in any way, and I honestly don\u2019t find it entertaining. We\u2019re literally smacking salmonella on their foreheads. \u201cIt\u2019s harder to get a toddler to drink fluids when they\u2019ve got a stomach bug or food poisoning, and so they\u2019re more likely to end up in the hospital for IV fluids.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is the Egg Crack Challenge? Parents go viral for cracking eggs on children\u2019s heads asmr_roah\/TikTokParents are being slammed on TikTok after taking part in the egg crack challenge, where they crack an egg on their children\u2019s heads. A new trend has taken the parenting community on TikTok by storm lately, and it\u2019s called the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}