The truth about dares on social media | Marie Bragg, PhD | TEDxNYU Langone Health

On a summer day in Florida when I was a kid, I was playing truth or dare with two friends. Tany was cautious. I was adventurous.So I dared our neighbor B. When the next car comes around that corner, you have to jump in the ditch. The car came and Bo leapt into five feet of stagnant water.He came out covered in green slime and he stunk. And then we went home. My mom grew up in Trinidad surrounded by mango trees and the cool ocean breeze.So, she wanted us to play outside constantly. Sometimes we would bang on ...