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Sadly, yet another dangerous YouTube trend is making the rounds. The Fire Challenge involves kids and teens dousing themselves with something flammable and then setting themselves on fire.

What sets the fire challenge apart from previous challenges is that this challenge is a practical guarantee for significant injury and even death. We previously blogged about why social media fads become popular, especially among teens.

It's clear that these dangerous social media fads are not going away anytime soon. Click here for tips on keeping social media dialogue open with our teens.