{"id":105272,"date":"2025-08-23T22:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/105272\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T22:44:11","slug":"adult-pacifier-trend-raises-questions-about-stress-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/105272\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult pacifier trend raises questions about stress relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adult pacifier trend sparks debate over stress relief A new viral trend is sparking debate worldwide \u2014 adults are turning to pacifiers as a way to cope with stress. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">PEMBROKE PARK, Fla.  \u2014 A new viral trend is sparking debate worldwide \u2014 adults are turning to pacifiers as a way to cope with stress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Instead of meditation or traditional relaxation methods, some adults are using adult-sized pacifiers at home, at work, and even in traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But doctors warn the trend could cause more harm than good. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They say pacifier use can interfere with breathing, affect dental alignment, strain the jaw and even disrupt sleep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Despite the concerns, the fad continues to spread on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">What do you think about the adult pacifier trend? Share your thoughts with us by email, or in the comment section below. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Yarden Ben-David \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/adc9d44b-d693-4334-b8.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Yarden Ben-David <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Yarden Ben-David has been a news producer at Local 10 News since March of 2021. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adult pacifier trend sparks debate over stress relief A new viral trend is sparking debate worldwide \u2014 adults&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":{"0":"post-105272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}