A new challenge, spreading like wildfire on social media and on TikTok, has left parents and educational institutions worried. Several parents from across the world have flagged the 'skull-breaker' act as deadly, but city colleges and schools are confused about whether to talk to students about the dangers associated with the game.

One of the posts on Twitter warned that the act can either "break skull" or "cause some serious problem". One person from Saudi Arabia tweeted a video of three young men performing the act and wrote, "A person dies during this new #Skull_Breaker challenge..." In the video, the person who fell did not move at all.