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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
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
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I agree. I don't think it's barbaric, but spicy food is one of life's great pleasures, and I wouldn't want to raise a kid who grows up to be a joyless picky-eating pain in the ass.
Mmm, wasabi! (I love the way it hurts between the eyes.)
ETA: while the hot sauce itself doesn't seem cruel, on a larger level I think it's is cruel for a parent to connect so closely food with a child's discipline (either punishment or reward).
