http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/L..._040824-1.html
Stinging Debate
Parents Divided Over Practice of ‘Hot Saucing’ as a Form of Discipline
Aug. 24, 2004 — The practice of "hot saucing" a child's tongue as a method of discipline may seem cruel to some parents, but those who regularly use the punishment say it teaches their charges valuable and long-lasting lessons.
Boston family therapist Carleton Kendrick says he is vehemently against hot saucing or corporal punishment of any kind.
"There's no room for pain and humiliation and fear in disciplining healthy children," Kendrick said. "I think it's a rather barbaric practice to say the least."
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I'll admit that I've never heard of this form of punishment, but it sounds promising. These pansy-ass parents need to get more personally involved in the disciplining of their children. Some kids need to get smacked. Some don't. If no injury results from applying some hot sauce to their tongues, what's the big fucking deal?
I suppose if your kitchen looks like this, it could be a problem:
But it's better than if your parents started collecting these:
I've never had to hit my child (the slightest bit of anger in my voice usually does the trick), but I wouldn't use the hot sauce technique because who wants to train their child to have a pavlovian response to spicy food?
TM
