One mother is alarmed as she witnessed her daughter watching social media content teaching children how to commit suicide. And it’s one of the things believers should earnestly pray about to protect our children.

Child Watches Disturbing Social Media Content

In a social media post, Meridy Leeper, a concerned mother, shared her story to raise awareness among parents. Apparently, she caught her 7-year-old daughter watching how to commit suicide. The mother clarified that the post’s purpose is to solely “bring awareness to other parents.” And not to criticize one of the social media giants.

Meridy warned to keep watch on their children even if they’re watching YouTube kids. Then she revealed what happened to her daughter.

“My 7-year-old child was taught how to attempt suicide by kids youtube and these games,” she wrote. “She has expressed that she doesn’t feel neglected or unloved. Instead, she was constantly told to ‘go kill yourself’ by other gamers, by kids youtube. Shown HOW to.”

Anxiety Attack

Following that event, her daughter “suffered from a full-blown anxiety attack.” It even reached the point her child drew a girl committing suicide in school.

“This is a VERY real danger!” the mother warned. “I NEVER thought I would find myself helping my SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD through an anxiety attack.”

So, Meridy is urging parents to keep children away from disturbing and harmful social media content.

“I’m just so glad my child was able to express her feelings before she actually tried to harm herself,” she added. “I never thought something as ‘innocent’ as kids youtube would have these subliminal messages. Again, I’m only sharing our experience in the hopes to prevent another child [from] going through this.”

Surprisingly, after her story went viral, many parents who experienced the same thing with their children showed up. And now, more parents are concerned that the social media platform is no longer safe for kids.

Let’s pray that the giant platform will quickly address these arising issues. And that the Lord would keep our children safe from such harmful contents.

“Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” -Proverbs 22:6

Reference | Faithit