Warning to parents downloading apps blue whale challenge

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Read more in our privacy policy. Get the news faster. Briefly, it is based on a novel of the same name about a high school student who dies by suicide and leaves 13 tapes on why she died. Professionals have varied opinions on how to handle this show. Some say watch it. I At the very least this needs to be discussed rather than ignored. Even if your kids are not watching 13 Reasons Why it, it is highly probable they have heard of it. Here are six suicide warning signs for parents to watch for this is not an all inclusive list :.

Here are some factors that increase risk this is not an all inclusive list. Suicide is a permanent action for a temporary problem. This is supposedly winning the game. The student then downloads the Blue Whale app, which hacks into their personal information and cannot be deleted. The app originators then threaten the teenagers with harm to their families or releasing of personal information until they kill themselves.

Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police have also reportedly urged parents to keep an eye on what their kids are doing on social media. The Blue Whale Challenge is not always run from an app; sometimes it is run from websites or social media groups. Blue Whale first showed up in Russia and India last year. The report claims there had been suicides of kids between November and April Phillip Budeikin, 21, had admitted to being the creator of Blue Whale.

He is being held on charges of inciting at least 16 teenage girls to commit suicide. Budeikin has been at since , perfecting his tactics. Teenagers are told to delete all correspondence in social accounts with the admins before completing the last task to kill themselves.