Posted on 10/14/2009 10:07:58 AM PDT by TruthBeforeAll
A Palm Bay woman and her boyfriend were arrested Monday for child abuse after the couple went old school to punish their 8-year-old daughter for swearing.
They washed her mouth out with soap.
We don't know about you, but we would petition President Obama and Congress to make it mandatory for every parent to carry a bar of Irish Spring in their back pockets with all the profanity kids use today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktzt096mlxs
A Palm Bay woman and her boyfriend were arrested Monday for child abuse after the couple went old school to punish their 8-year-old daughter for swearing.
They washed her mouth out with soap.
I would’ve gotten the soap (Irish Spring) AND a spanking.
Wow...my mother would have been spending a bit of time in jail if this had been instituted when I was a kid...;-)
Mine too, and she used a metal pancake turner to spank us.
The crazy thing was, she was and still is a moonbat liberal. There was a time when even moonbat liberals had some common sense.
We still need to do that on occasion. “Shutup” and “you’re stupid” qualify in our house. If we stuck to real cussing they would never need the soap (12 and 15 years). The youngest daughter has even been known to remind us that she needs her mouth washed out and will do it herself!?
What about the inexorable profanity-laced language we hear about coming from the White House?
They all grew up in permissive households where soap was used much more sparingly.
Oh man! I did that to my oldest when he was younger. It was first time I had done that to him and as I pulled him down the hallway he said, “Not again!!”
Sorry. I did a search for “soap” and nothing came up.
hahaha! I was thinking the same thing.
You know, the other day I was standing in line in detroit, and I overheard one mother brag to another her child just said his first half word.
My Mom used Tobasco sauce! Believe me...she only had to do it once.
Me Too!
LOL, my mom would use the brown bar soap.
SOAP POISONING!
“Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap. My personal preference was for Lux, but I found Palmolive had a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor - heady, but with just a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand...”
Belts, spoons, switches, soap, hair pulls, skull noogies, tabasco, brooms, and an Italian Cigar (I kind’a liked that one) when I got caught smoking.
None of that worked.
What did work, on me at least, was look of hurt on my Parents faces when they had to punish me or when I did something that hurt them. That “cured” me. Of course, I was 25 by that time. :O)
Thanks for finding that, it is HILARIOUS!
Maybe the ACLU will step in on behalf of the girl’s right to free speech.
Don't touch the brown soap, we hear some people have been having some bad trips on it. - Wavy Gravy
Re: “Wow...my mother would have been spending a bit of time in jail if this had been instituted when I was a kid...;-) “
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Mine too — funny thing was, it was non-violent, didn’t hurt and was more humiliating than anything other than that the soap didn’t taste great.
This nanny state garbage has got to be stopped!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362238/posts?page=80#80
I have no problem with a natural born parent or legitimate long term supporting step-parent conducting this punishment.
I do, however, object to Mom’s boyfriend doing anything to the discipline the children. With or without Mom’s approval.
It’s well documented what “the boyfriend” is capable of.
My parents used a teaspoon of cinnamon, doesn’t sound all that bad until you try it gah!
Brevard County, Florida ping.Gee, it sure beats a spanking with a hairbrush.
My mom used Ivory soap—it was very mild, just like her.
I learned long ago to use straight up vinegar. I made the little mutants (my sweet baby kids) swish it around real good and hold it in their mouths. Whats a mom to be charged with, improper use of a salad dressing?
We make the national news for the dumbest things!
Agreed. It is all that and more, but none of it is mine.
It is from Jean Shepherd's screenplay for "A Christmas Story", one of my favorite movies.
Mr. Shepherd was a wonderful author.
Well, thanks for sharing it.
It only happened to me a few times, but if I close my eyes I can still remember the taste.
I also remember Mom sending me out to cut my own switch when it was time to get my butt beaten.
LOL! Did we have the same Mom? I learned real quick that it doesn’t pay to bring back the smallest switch you can find. Yeow!
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