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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 440800" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Washing a kid's mouth out with soap is considered abuse these days. I saw an episode of Dr Phil which was discussing a woman putting hot sauce in her child's mouth as a punishment for lying. I believe that is also considered abuse, although in some states it was claimed it is still commonly practiced.</p><p></p><p>My mother used to wash our mouths out with soap, but only rarely. I remember her doing it to my nephews (her grandsons - we lived next door, we were extended family and she did it with their mother's permission) and Mum told me she had made sure to drag the cake of soap over the teeth so some soap got stuck there. I remembered tat from the once or twice she did it to me when I was a kid. </p><p></p><p>The thing is - I can't remember why I had my mouth washed out. I know we were told as kids that we would get our mouths washed out if Mum heard us say "shut up" to one another. But the few times I had it done, I was too upset and too terrified to know why.</p><p></p><p>So as a teaching tool - fairly useless.</p><p></p><p>Don't do it. You shouldn't need to, we have better understanding these days, better tools and the kids for whom those tools don't work - well, spanking or mouth washing out won't work either.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 440800, member: 1991"] Washing a kid's mouth out with soap is considered abuse these days. I saw an episode of Dr Phil which was discussing a woman putting hot sauce in her child's mouth as a punishment for lying. I believe that is also considered abuse, although in some states it was claimed it is still commonly practiced. My mother used to wash our mouths out with soap, but only rarely. I remember her doing it to my nephews (her grandsons - we lived next door, we were extended family and she did it with their mother's permission) and Mum told me she had made sure to drag the cake of soap over the teeth so some soap got stuck there. I remembered tat from the once or twice she did it to me when I was a kid. The thing is - I can't remember why I had my mouth washed out. I know we were told as kids that we would get our mouths washed out if Mum heard us say "shut up" to one another. But the few times I had it done, I was too upset and too terrified to know why. So as a teaching tool - fairly useless. Don't do it. You shouldn't need to, we have better understanding these days, better tools and the kids for whom those tools don't work - well, spanking or mouth washing out won't work either. Marg [/QUOTE]
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