Archie Battersbee's heartbroken mum issues urgent message to all parents

The mother of Archie Battersbee has warned parents to make sure their children do not take part in dangerous viral challenges on social media.

12-year-old Archie was rushed into hospital in April after being found unconscious by his mum at his Southend home after suffering a catastrophic brain injury. He has not regained consciousness and has remained in a coma since.

Doctors treating Archie declared him as being brain-stem dead. Since the accident, Archie's separated parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee have launched several appeals to continue his treatment.

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A judge today (August 1) ruled that Archie’s life-support should be turned off after his family lost a last-minute legal appeal to keep him alive.

The Court of Appeal granted Archie a short stay, or delay, until 12 o'clock tomorrow, after which his ventilator can be turned off by staff at The Royal London Hospital.

It is believed that prior to the accident, Archie had been taking part in a dangerous viral challenge which had been circulating on social media.

Today, his mum urged parents to be vigilant and aware of popular trends online, which children could replicate to try and go viral.

Hollie said: “Please, please, parents, have the conversation with your children because I know there’s a whole new lot of online challenges.

“Please have these talks with your children because I think this seems to have been buried, you know, and I think it’s important. I don’t want any parent out there to have what we’ve been going through and I definitely don’t want to see any more children losing their lives."

Today’s ruling came after Archie's parents had