Have you heard about the latest teen fad????

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

Teens are biting one another..

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Biting is Becoming the New Teen Fad

Jul 10, 2010 Kerrie Troseth

Vampire Fads Common Among Teens - jdurham on MorgueFile

Teens are expressing feelings for one another in a new way. The way is emulating vampires and biting one another.

One way that parents know if their child is growing up is when the child begins experimenting. This is a sure sign that the child is proceeding towards independence. No longer are the parents the central figure of role modeling. Teens begin to test out situations on their own to come to their own conclusions. One such experiment is biting.

Emergence of Biting Among Teenagers

Most new fads are bought about by the media: movies, television, music, and magazines. Biting is no exception. Today's media is filled with the concept of vampires. Unlike vampires of the past, today's vampires display feelings of love. Intertwined in the love is biting the loved one and sharing blood. This is believed to equate to the ultimate form of love expression.

There are plenty of vampire themes in the media today. The most well-known is Edward from the Twilight movies. Television series like the Vampire Diaries and True Blood portray vampires living among the open.

Biting as the New Teen Fad

Biting is strongly taking over as this generation's hickey (or hickie). The two are similar in that both forms of affection symbolize ownership. It is apparent that if someone is sporting a bite or hickey, that person usually is connected to a partner. The difference is that the hickey is actually a bruising of the skin, and the bite is piercing the skin to draw out blood.

Some believe that the drawing of the blood intertwines two people. One person is giving his blood to another who is then consuming it. They believe that they share of themselves. Some older teens and young adults symbolize the event by getting a specific tattoo on their wrist. The tattoo is a depiction of faux fangs bite marks.

Discovering the Love Language of a Teenage Child

Although teens need for parents to express love with all five love languages, a teenage child usually has a primary love language they prefer.

The Dangers of Biting

Most adults realize the dangers of this fad. The intermixing of blood with one another can be extremely dangerous if not deadly. Blood carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, and elements like nutrients, hormonesm diseases and infections throughout the body.

Blood diseases and aliments can be attributed to the exchange of blood with another person. The following are a few examples:

Hepatitis

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Syphilis

Also consider that the human mouth contains 10-15 billion bacteria. The biter could pass on bacteria to the other person causing a general blood infection. Tetanus shots are the general treatment for human bites.

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[olger]

Quote from a friend,

"Television and movies are so powerful because they go right past our "filters." Indiscriminate consumption of TV and movies will make a person a walking bundle of bad habits" (Dr. Ron DuPreez).

[Woody]

This is the latest fad that I've heard of:

http://crazybands.com/

http://www.toywiz.com/rubberbands.html

[SivartM]

Oh, great. Now I'm even more afraid of my peers. :\

[olger]

"Fear not", said the Lord.

Go forward,

OG

[SivartM]

*sigh* Speaking figuratively, olger...

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

The rubber bands aren't nearly as dangerous as the biting.

But someone is making a fortune off those Sillybandz.

[olger]

And there's HVP, and Twilight. Have you got your Harry Potter memorabilia yet?

"Know this Timothy, perilous times are coming.."

[olger]

Vodka in your eyeballs is a perfect dessert after biting your friend's flesh.

incredulous olger

[SivartM]

I'm hoping the whole "biting" thing is overblown; sometimes purported teen fads are just rumors. I haven't as yet met anyone who's admitted to doing this. Then again, most people I know wouldn't do this.

[olger]

overblown or "overbite"?

[Woody]

The term 'bite me' is not new.

[Guest]

Vodka in your eyeballs is a perfect dessert after biting your friend's flesh.

incredulous olger

Why would anyone put vodka in their eyeball? I can remember back when the vodka was only for drinking. I guess I'm showing my age.

[Liz]

When my oldest was around two, he went through a biting phase, but mainly just me. Thankfully he out grew it. Hopefully these teens are just biting people they know, and not just randomly doing it. That would be really creepy.

As for those sillybandz, my daughter is soooo into those. I wish I could come up with a simple idea like that and make some big bucks.

[LifeHiscost]

White Horse Media has a series on the occult which includes vampirism, just another evidence of present society yielding themselves over to the forces of the prince of darkness, mostly as a result of being deceived, but some as a result of deliberate

antagonism against God.

"....all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."Matthew 24:6 NKJV

[Outta Here]

The only young person I know who is really into vampirism is working slowly on filing down his teeth to look like fangs. He's a Pathfinder.

[Kountzer]

I thought the big booger bear was the harry potter series. Over the last few years I kept seeing people in line (I work in a driver license office) at work carrying and reading these big black and white novels, with chess pieces on the cover. I didn't know what it was all about until I watched Steve Wohlberg on 3ABN last week.

I don't think there is such a thing as a real human vampire. I think there are people out there that want to be such.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

I have a friend who drank blood when she was still into witchcraft (she was born into a family of witches). She now has a very serious blood disorder that is incurable. She became a Christian, while the rest of her family is still involved in the occult.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

I'm hoping the whole "biting" thing is overblown; sometimes purported teen fads are just rumors. I haven't as yet met anyone who's admitted to doing this. Then again, most people I know wouldn't do this.

It was reported on ABC News yesterday. They showed pictures of bite marks on kids. The biting is supposed to puncture the skin and draw blood.

[olger]

The only young person I know who is really into vampirism is working slowly on filing down his teeth to look like fangs. He's a Pathfinder.

Sounds like he found the wrong path.

g

[SivartM]

The only young person I know who is really into vampirism is working slowly on filing down his teeth to look like fangs. He's a Pathfinder.

And... his parents don't care that he's destroying his teeth? :\

[GreatLakesGramma]

Maybe the "gradually" part is so they won't notice.

[phkrause]

Maybe the "gradually" part is so they won't notice.

I wonder how that's working out for him? :)

[Outta Here]

To pkrause:

IF you'd like to know "how that's going for him" you could ask me, instead of GLG.

To others who might be reading this even though it is "Re:pkrause":

See my original post a few more posts down this thead, I have removed it from here and reposted it there because it was too confusing for one of the participants.

[phkrause]

Of course his parents care! There's only so much they can do to stop him though--and believe me, they're doing all they can.

I don't recall asking if his parents cared?? or maybe you are directing this to Sivart?