I'd take the spankings I got as a child over that. At least it was quick, and I wasn't getting screamed at. I guess this is what happens when you think a child needs physical punishment, but you don't believe in spanking.
Anyway, about the kid. I remember a very frightening incident in my 1st grade class....1ST GRADE!!! Our teacher, Mrs. Martin, had just gotten onto a kid named Mikey in our class for talking. He was crying and pleading with her to not get in trouble but she didn't listen. He said he would be in even more trouble at home and would have to drink hot sauce among other things but I guess she thought he was exaggerating. So Mrs. Martin gets called into the hall by another teacher and they have a 5-6 minute conversation out in the hall. A few minutes or so after she goes out and closes the door, Mikey takes something, can't remember if it was a tie, shoestring or what but it was some article of clothing and he begins to strangle himself on the hook in his locker by leaning forward with it around his neck. He turned red and then blue/purple. We were 6-7 years old and in complete shock, I remember the room being deathly quiet, not something that is common when you leave a bunch of 1st graders unsupervised. The reason we had not gone to Mrs. Martin is she specifically told us not to interrupt when she was speaking to others several times before. She comes back in and sees Mikey and is shocked but lifts him up and he begins to breathe and cough and all that and then she lambastes us for not coming to get her, which we reminded her that she told us not too. Anyway, Mikey was taken out of the class and we never saw him again. I hope he was taken into foster care or something because there had to be more going on in his home than just hot saucing or maybe he had mental problems but it is something that still troubles me to this day when I think about it.
I tell you what, man... kids in this country really could... uuuuuuuuummmmm.... mmmmmaaa... mmmmmaaaaammmaaaaaaaaaa... *ugh*... OK, I'm done. What were we talking about? I FORGOT!
That video made me sick. That was outright torture. Hot sauce? Freezing shower? There's a line in punishing your kids and that was over it. b**** needs a taste of her own medicine.
stupid white woman, she probably thinks hot sauce is mexican devil food.. now the kid is going to grow up thinking hot sauce is mexican devil food.
It's a little harsh, but in no way is it torture. You really think that a mouthful of hot sauce and cold water is torture? The kid probably knew that was the consequence of his actions. Doesn't make it right, but come on. There are literally millions of young children being bought and sold as soldiers, prostitutes, and cheap labor. There are millions more who are victims of physically and emotionally abusive families. You people are up in arms about a mom who arguably may have crossed the line while disciplining her adopted child? Spare me. You can disagree with her methods, but don't throw words like "torture" and "abuse" around like it's nothing. That's insulting.
Was there water boarding going on in the shower? The cold shower was crossing the line but it was not torture....
The hot sauce I could deal with, the cold shower I'd prolly sing a Neil Diamond song while in there...but that biatch screaming all up in the face has got to go...prolly throw up the hot sauce in her face Excorcist style...
Clearly child abuse; both physical and mental. This lady probably thinks she is following "all the rules" of child punishment. Ignorance is not an excuse. Lack of intent to abuse is not a defense. Those defending the parent's behavior are clueless and I fear for your children's futures.
Ok, I agree. I'm just saying that the video just makes it look so much more traumatizing than it is. Every parent has their form of punishment/discipline; she happened to choose hot sauce and cold water. From the video, it last about a minute each; it's not like she punished him for a long period of time. It's quick and to the point. Nobody likes it, but I do believe it's necessary to discipline your children. Also, you can't judge the parent on this video alone.
Just because those things are true doesn't justify it by being the lesser of the evils. To an adult, hot sauce and a cold shower may not seem like a big deal. To a 5 or 6 year old kid, it could be the worst thing ever. Imagine what you consider to be torture. I'm sure there's someone out there who would have the same argument as you on the subject- that you're a huge p***y who can't handle it because other people have endured worse. Yours is the worst kind of apologetic reasoning. Torture is about what is horrible to the tortured, not the observer. I don't mind spiders or snakes. But there are people who would die of fright being placed in the same room as those things. I certainly don't consider those people silly because of my relative point of view.
I respectfully disagree. You can say any from of physical punishment is torture which it clearly isn't. There are standards defined by the state to what is and isn't abuse. What she did was in lines with spanking and soap on the month not a cigarette burn or the belt. I don't like or condone corporal punishment from any parent. If I had kids, I would probably try a different approach. With that said, I would NEVER tell other parents how to raise their own kids as long as they don't break the law.
I agree to your point of minding your business, to a certain extent. The law is fallible, though, and there are some gray areas. I'll digress though. Kids have a way of payback with interest. It's too bad that it's one of those things that could have been avoided with some foresight.
Agree with the others that doesn't seem to bad.. If you are asian and you ever got anything other than an A on your report card you will see hell much worse then hot sauce and cold water. And why does the original video have to point out mormon? what does that have to do with anything?
I used to get hit on the head with a hanger or sometimes I would be left at school all by myself until 8pm if I acted bad. I would rather take the hot sauce and quick shower and then be able to continue playing my Xbox than to what my parents used as punishment methods.
Damn, your parents should have spent a night in jail. And if it happened after that, you should have been taken away for while until they go through counseling. In the OP's case, not so much.
Yes, actually. You stated it does nothing positive. I posit that many people value parents who are willing to discipline their children strictly. Discipline can curtail or even eliminate damaging and/or destructive behavior and turn around the life of a child. This woman is disciplining her child. Not torturing, not abusing. Disciplining. So say all the child psychiatrists, but again: that doesn't make it true. I speak from experience when I say that the threat of spanking altered my behavior, and made me choose right more than wrong. It made me respect my parents, and fear repercussions if I did what I knew I shouldn't. That's not unhealthy, IMHO.
