Is washing a child's mouth out with soap abuse? Though I rarely hear of this being done today, I find the practice rather absurd but does it qualify as abuse?
I think it is abuse and I also think it is not necessary. There are better ways to teach children. I wasn't a perfect father but I never abused my son.
Abuse? I don't know. Which brand of soap is it? Just sounds like stupid parenting to me. I always thought it was more of an expression than something people actually did?
is it abuse that my son does that to my wife in a twist of irony? Every time my wife lets a curse word fly, my son runs and grabs the soap and makes her have a taste. Hasn't worked much yet but she's been farting some awesome bubbles lately.
It was done to me. I deserved it. From the experience I learned that you need to choose your words appropriately for the company at hand, out of general respect for others. So abuse? Not here, mother****ers. Although I could see possible poisoning these days, with all the chemicals in soaps (if the kid swallowed a bunch).
hahaha! Our friend's grandfather washed my brother's mouth out with soap when we were probably 5 and 6 years old. As kids, we didn't see it as anything more than a funny story to tell. Looking back though it was totally not cool - especially not being his own kid. Abuse? I'm not so sure...not the best parenting decision one could make though imo
I wouldnt consider it abuse, but I also dont think its any more effective than punishment not involving soap.
I had it done to me a good handful of times - what a ineffective ridiculous form of punishment. Just don't use Lava ... please!
Why punish the kid. He in all probability picked up the word from a family member. I was just watching my 2-1/2 yo grandson when he gave it a "GD it". His dad says that all the time. I explained as best I could papa didn't want to hear that word and that it wasn't polite. He caught on. So did his father. I would never resort to soap.