Replies to '12/21 Shocking Teen Trends'

I am a 36 year old mother of 2 beautiful children.  I must admit, I too, played this game in my early teens as well.  I can't remember who came up with the suggestion, but, we all did it to each other and experienced it as well.  Our game, which had no name, involved the breathing heavy, and then the person would squeeze each side of the neck until you passed out.  I NEVER thought it was harmful in anyway, nor would I have ever believed anyone if they had told me that there was danger.  I was never a drinker, drug user or any of the typical teen "experimentation".  People do the strangest things!  Not that this will cure the problem, however, as a single Mother struggling to put food on the table for my kids and an absentee father, I have to say that the absence of parental supervision is partly to blame.  Not the parent, but, that a single parent is forced to go out to work to make ends meet and leave their children alone or with people who don't have the same interests as a parent.  I debated even telling my kids that this game exists, however, now, I realize that I have an advantage over other parents that I am aware of it.  

Single parents need to get support from somewhere...friends, family members, councelors, doctors...I am overwhelmed every minute of every day by the stress of keeping up a household and keeping the lights on, gas in the car...that I am often depressed and angry at having such pressure and my escape is sleep.  I know I need to plug back into my life...God knows what my children are doing while I am silencing the pressure by "taking another nap" while they play quietly upstairs...