Eraser Challenge

It has some to our attention that boys in the 5th grade are intentionally hurting themselves by the eraser challenge. I just wanted to inform you all so you can talk to your child about the damages to their body. Many boys have seen on social networks challenges to complete. The recent challenges have been wearing their bathing suit in the snow and such. This challenge is different. Students are scrubbing an eraser on their hand until it goes through a few layers of skin leaving a deep red mark. After that they put hand sanitizer on it to make it burn.This is actually a chemical burn and can leave scars.   As a teacher, I am very concerned that boys (maybe girls too) are intentionally hurting themselves in this way and wanted you all to be aware of the situation.