A mom has been arrested in Kentucky after a sleeping boy in her home was burned in the 'Hot Water Challenge.'

Pour boiling hot water on someone or you have to drink it, that's the new 'challenge' that's unfortunately growing in popularity.

****WARNING****

The Hot Water Challenge is EXTREMELY Dangerous

Parents Beware of The New Online 'Hot Water Challenge'
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The mom in this story from Kentucky was arrested because an 11-year-old boy who was asleep in her home, was severely burned by her son.

She faces second-degree criminal abuse and first-degree wanton endangerment charges, according two wgntv.com. She allegedly didn’t help the boy get medical attention when he was burned.

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