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Would You Feed Your Baby Pop Rocks?
Filed under: Funny Stuff
Once you pop, you can't stop?
From the looks of this baby boy, probably not. In the nearly three-year-old video, Baby Beckett's mom and dad gave the tot a single Pop Rock "in the name of experimental parenting." After Beckett's dad places the patented candy -- which contains tiny pockets of carbonation -- on his son's tongue, the boy's eyes get wide, seemingly overcome by the taste sensation. Or perhaps it was just plain shock at his parents' willingness to make him a guinea pig?
We're not sure what Beckett will be given next, but maybe in a few years he'll be able to debunk the Pop Rocks and Coke urban legend for all his preschool friends.
Turns out Beckett's parents aren't alone -- there's a somewhat disturbing number of YouTube videos posted by parents who want to share baby's first Pop Rocks experience with online universe, like the mother of 13-month-old Monica:
Kids aren't the only ones serving as mini science experiments -- this poor chihuahua doesn't look psyched to have his kibble replaced with carbonated candy:
What do you think: Should parents give kids (and dogs) Pop Rocks? Are these videos funny or irresponsible?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 42)
5-24-2010 @ 12:11PM
Aleah said...I love it! I give my 1 year old pop rocks sometimes
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5-26-2010 @ 7:15AM
ldyrebeln said...whats the big deal really? I have givin my now two year old pop rocks when he was a year old. I have even givin them to the dog. its no differnt then when you give them pickles or lemons to suck on. my two year old actually loves lemons. course you wouldnt know it the first time we gave him one lol. you should see what my dog does when you give him a pickle, he will stick his tongue out and spit it litterally across the room, also our parents did it to us and we are not scarred or brutilized from it
5-26-2010 @ 7:27AM
sb said...baby Beckett looked scared-why is that funny? sure once the popping stops he tastes the sugar and sure he'll love that and thats when he smiles.can't you just give him a sweet treat to make him happy instead of shocking him for the sake of a laugh?
5-26-2010 @ 7:43AM
Lynnette said...Wasn't there a child (someone well known on tv or some-one famously familiar) who died from eating pop rocks a number of years ago..... ? I recall hearing something about that.
Pop rocks were out many years ago when I was a kid; and then they seemed to disappear for a long time. Perhaps that was the reason..... L
5-26-2010 @ 7:49AM
natosha said...I know your NOT serious?! what your talking about was..is..and urban legend. About the Mikey likes it cereal kid. he supposedly died from eating poprocks, and drinking soda...sorry to break it to you but the guy is alive and well today. its just an old urban legend..geez
5-26-2010 @ 7:59AM
kristi said...ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!!! ITS COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE. SOME PEOPLE DONT DESERVE TO HAVE CHILDREN. LET ALONE PETS!
5-26-2010 @ 8:11AM
willow said...Yeah but little babies? This is a reprehensible act. PARENTS ARE IDIOTS. and YET..they are allowed, nay, ENCOURAGED, to vote?!!!!????
5-26-2010 @ 8:11AM
emma said...Stupid parenting. Period. As for the dog.........they shouldn't own a pet.
5-26-2010 @ 8:23AM
lisa said...Good Lord-are you people that bored?
5-26-2010 @ 8:30AM
tcaraujo6 said...Way to destroy your childs trust in you from babyhood! People are missing the point here. This practice is downright sadistic. People who do not think anything of this are ofter the same who will give them tabasco sauce, just to see what the reaction is and laugh about it. Even if it is just harmless candy, the undesirable reaction breaches the trust in the relationship. You want to be a hit on youtube? Try spitting orange soda through your own nose!
5-26-2010 @ 8:32AM
sheila said...I cant believe that parents are giving their babies any kind of candy, at such a young age, much less pop rocks! I think its horrible and unhealthy. The dog running away has more sense than any person that I saw!
5-26-2010 @ 8:35AM
Diane May said...Grow up - big enough to make a baby, big enough to take care of them sensibly. Poor kid.
5-26-2010 @ 8:41AM
Lisa said...You're an idiot.
5-26-2010 @ 8:39AM
natosha said...to the person that said they would give their kids hot sause. I have givin my kids poprocks, lemons, and pickles. but I would NEVER NEVER put hot sause in my child's mouth! there is a differnce between candy, sour fruits and veggies, and freaking hot sause. and I tend to think most of these parents here know the differnce. my mother used to put shampoo in my mouth when I would cuss and back talk. while I would never do that to my kid because today that is considered abuse, it wasnt back then.
5-26-2010 @ 8:46AM
SR said...How stupid can you be? If you're so hard up for entertainment, stick a couple of those pop rocks up your butt, put that on you tube and then I'll laugh.
5-26-2010 @ 8:53AM
willow said...well you are an idiot.
5-26-2010 @ 8:58AM
Jonathan said...Of course I am not a parent, but I believe this is completely harmless. One may inject more carbonation through drinking a soda than a single Pop Rock or even a packet of Pop Rocks. There are worse parents in our society than those who feed their child a Pop Rock or a sip of soda. I have been around young children and trust me, they themselves place much worse, indigestible objects in their mouths.
5-26-2010 @ 8:59AM
kim said...Children are not silent toys to be used for entertainment.
5-26-2010 @ 8:59AM
Debby said...i think it's disgusting and people need to do parenting classes. The other night I watched America's Funniest Videos and you see these parents, knowing that the child will fall,and they stand there taping to try and win money. Personally I think it's sad that they think it's funny to do these things. I just these so called parents never heard of choking. Sad sad world.
5-26-2010 @ 9:12AM
Michelle said...Yes I remember when my parents gave me poprocks I was about 8 and that is a safe age to give this candy. I believe that getting a kik out of watching an inocent baby who trusts you for EVERYTHING , is cruel and in humane, to dogs as well. These parents need to grow up .Also shame on you for putting those vidios on Utube People need to put some prioriety on things . That is not even funny. Wasnt there a case of chocking with poprocks .Use some commen sence or has that gone down the drain as well.