Hot Saucing
 

Would you hot sauce your kids or were you hot sauced? It was used in my family, so I really don't see anything wrong with it. Alot of media moguls are crying child abuse. I am just curious to see how many other people had this method done to them or use it with their own kids.

Sorry, should have explained it. When kids bite, back talk, or say curse words they would get a spoonful of tobasco sauce. Its like giving a kid castor oil for misbehaving.

What is Hot Saucing?

OK What the heck are you talking about because right now I'm thinking your parents shot hot sauce in your eye when you were bad or something.

-Rudey

Sounds like child abuse to me. :eek:

I didn't know what it was either, so I googled it and found this article. According to the article, "Hot sauce adds a kick to salsa, barbeque, falafel and hundreds of other foods. But some parents use it in a different recipe, one they think will yield better-behaved children: They put a drop of the fiery liquid on a child's tongue as punishment for lying, biting, hitting or other offenses."

ETA: Isn't Lisa Welchel the actress who played Blair Warner on The Facts of Life?

My mom and my nanny both used to put soap in my mouth when I said something inappropriate or was acting bratty. :(

And I have no idea wtf hot saucing is but it doesn't sound good.

Interesting approach....Not sure how I feel about it.

Well... it doesn't cause any physical harm, but it still seems kinda mean.

I love hot sauce...put it on a lot of stuff and throw it in when I cook a lot of dishes. I eat it on pizza, chicken, soup, baked potatoes, eggs, pastas, sandwiches etc etc etc.

me too. NOT very ladylike.

Now I have that shows theme song in my head Lol.

Me too! And you can bet your sweet bippy I never did what got me in trouble again (at least not while they were watching me.)

I got soap too. I'd imagine that's a lot less harmful than Tabasco. I know I have problems w/ certain types of hot peppers causing my tongue to swell, which can be scary. I've never heard of anyone having an anaphylactic reaction to some Ivory or Dove.

I wouldn't say it's "abuse" but maybe a bit draconian.

I want to hot sauce someone in the eye now.

As opposed to neckchopping someone.

Eggs?? :eek:

You freak.

Re: Hot Saucing
 

wow. i'm gonna use that nifty term.

derty! yup with an -er.

I have such an aversion to any type of sauce, particularly flavorful ones like hot sauce. I am thanking my lucky stars that my mom is smarter than this, because if this was ever done to me, I would be an absolute MESS.

I would not ever do this to my child. It's downright ridiculous.

Hot sauce (I prefer Cholula) is good on so many things, but I can't say I've ever tried it on tongue of child.

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Mmmmm, tongue of child.

Don't really see the problem with it. Similar to getting your mouth washed out -- had that happen to me on occasion. I turned out okay.

I would have just enjoyed the hot sauce though.

I'd have a sudden need to get some chips or something though.

I probably would have enjoyed the hot sauce too. I've never heard of hot saucing before now.

I wouldn't ever do it, but then I wouldn't go the soap route either.

My thought on "hot-saucing" is that it could cause a reverse reaction making the child fearful of hot sauce itself - doesn't really accomplish the goal.

It makes me think of when my god-daughter was a toddler. She wanted the hot mustard at the Chinese restaurant. We told her no, it was hot, but she just kept on. Finally her dad dipped a spoon in it and gave it to her. She ate it and immediately clapped both hands over her mouth and cried silently. She never tried it again. However, she did love the hot sauce and chips at the Mexican places! Bless her heart, she graduated from college and got married last month, so I'm guessing we didn't damage her too much.

My aunt has actually disaplined my cousins with hot sauce. So I've heard of it.

I wasn't too much of a talker, but if I was I got soap. Or a swat on the backside.

Though back to the hot sauce punishment... it makes me think back to Mrs. Doubtfire when Pierce's character requested no pepper, because he was allergic to it, on his dinner. And if you have seen the movie, you know what happens. It just strikes me as scary if a child is allergic to pepper unbeknownst to the parents and he/she gets hot sauced.

When I 1st read hot-saucing I thought you were talking about putting hot sauce on someone's lips&in their mouth when they pass out. I've done something similar similar to my dog when she begged for food at the table& it worked.

Just my $.01354946 worth
Mark

I never got hot sauced. Mama and Daddy believed in the good old fashioned ASS WHOOPIN'.

IVORY SOAP!!! Just one bite out of the block...thats all that it takes! If that doesn't work, a spakin' surely will!!! :eek:

Time out just wasn't big at my house when growing up

My parents didn't do it for punishment but they did use hot sauce to make my sister stop sucking her thumb. The doctor recommended sticking my sister's thumb in hot sauce in the evenings when she used to suck it the most. She'd stick it in her mouth and scream. After a few days she stopped sucking her thumb.

Say "YES" To Hot Saucing
 

I used to get "hot sauced" when I was good... and on Christmas morning. It was a treat in our house.

Co-sign! Especially my Moms!

I used to be the same way...maybe my parents "hot sauced" me as a child and I didn't know it.

I guess when you have kids when you adopt or have them naturally, the government needs to send you a list of what's acceptable and what will get you arrested when disciplining your children.

As for hot saucing, I never had it done to me. Jill1228 and me to the list. Direct contact worked for me too. Growing up I was scared not to pull crap because I knew the consequences. Most kids these days know if mom, dad, or guardian try to take charge all they need to do is cry wolf and child protective services comes in to lay blame on the parent.

well hot sause is better than the soap that I got