Preparing Your Kids...To Not Be Idiots

Of course all kids have their idiotic moments but it seems like while, years ago, our idiocy was limited to what we could come up with on our own (no social media back then to share ideas), these days, there seems to be highly publicized incidents on nearly a weekly basis with kids doing "challenges" that can lead to death.  But at least they will check out with lots of "likes" on social media...

• You've probably heard of the Tide Pod challenge (yes they will poison people).
• And one would think that any kid above kindergarten age would know that boiling water, well, will burn them (OTOH many older kids don't seem to know this).
• Probably the dumbest of dumb challenges is the set yourself on fire challenge.
• In case that isn't enough, here are several more dangerous, viral challenges.

Besides warning your kids about the dangers of each challenge as they come up on the news, I'm not sure how to prevent such activities.  It is well worth the effort, however, to explain why and how these challenges can be so deadly.