It appears that yet another nationwide fad is developing, one that even some parents are getting behind, and although it sounds crazy, it’s true. The fad is called ‘responsibility’, and experts say that the fad is catching on.
The danger may be lurking just below the surface, however. ‘What we are proposing’, said one parent who was interviewed, ‘is that students finish high school, and don’t make any babies out of wedlock, and get a job and become responsible for their own decisions and welfare’.
Although immediately compared to the ‘internet challenge’ of eating Tide Pods, the idea just might have some promise, says one expert. ‘If our young adults feel the need to accept a challenge, we suggest this one’, states one psychologist.
‘Although this is not necessarily behavior we as parents have exhibited, we have to go out on a limb here and suggest breaking the cycle’, responded one parent who chose to remain anonymous.
Of course, some in the mainstream population recognize the hazards of this new way of thinking. ‘Why should we have to take responsibility?’ said one student. ‘Our professors have pointed out that we are the victims here- why should we question their judgement’?
‘That’s exactly right’, echoed a parent when confronted with this radical concept, ‘Why should my child have be responsible and go to work? I didn’t, and look at what I’ve made of myself’.
Parents, lawmakers, and medical professionals are still trying to put an end to another internet fad, the ‘Tide Pod Challenge’, which has led to a spike of poisonings this year.
‘I hope that my kids are smart enough to know that it’s not a great choice to eat detergent. If they must accept a challenge, this new ‘responsibility’ thing might just hold some merit’, said one parent.
Poison control centers around the U.S. logged 39 cases of intentional laundry pod ‘exposures’ among teenagers in the first two weeks of 2018, more than the total number of Tide Pod challenge injuries in all of 2016, but this far, there have been absolutely no 911 calls, hospital visits or detrimental effects from the ‘responsibility challenge’.
We anxiously await news about this new phenomenon.
