SmackDown: Would You Make Your Kid Drink Hot Sauce as Punishment?

Inflicting pain on a child, on YOUR child, especially is NOT an appropriate way to teach the child a valuable lesson!!! How about taking a dessert away, making them go to bed early, grounding them from tv or video games or the computer?? WTH is wrong with people these days? That lady looked like the lady off of Mommy Dearest!! How fitting! That is just so cruel what she did with the hot sauce and it will be detrimental for the child. The cold shower was not good either! The child will never feel secure with anyone and never trust his mom! What a shame!

I don't like this Http://www.childrenshealthsecrets.com form of punishment, I don't care what they did a long time ago.

Yes Heather!! I cannot believe how sick some people are to think any form of abuse can be rationalized!! If these disgusting people did the same things to someone else other than their children they would be charged and punished. Discipline requires love and respect. A child that has to grow up with that kind of hurt and anger will NOT become a model citizen. They become angry adults! Is that really so hard to understand??? Check out the past of everyone in prison. They were ABUSED as children...not taught respect and caring!

How do you know he lied? You're just projecting your thoughts and feelings into a situation you know nothing about.

I do not justify this women's actions, but you have no idea what people do to their children for punishment and this is nothing compared to what others have done. She was just brave enough to seek help in a country full of selflessness. Look at the big picture, not what is immediately presented.

We're killing babies by the millions worldwide, illegal aliens are flooding across our open border to the south and committing crimes and costing us billions, the economy is in collapse, and the authorities are out there arresting a mom for making her kid eat hot sauce? Priorities, pleas, you nimrods.

And we wonder why these kids are out of control. I say if the government wants to take away disciple in the house then quit complaining its the parents fault when the kids act up. wake up idiots

She should be made to drink the hot sauce and take a cold or even better scaulding hot shower. She is not a parent she is a dictator a monster who doesnt deserve those kids. What's with the 10 year old shooting the video? She should of known right from wrong and gotten another adult to help that poor boy. That child needs love not punishment. I hope she goes to jail and rots there!

Well hot sauce is not bad enfact I used it on my daughter when she was little because who knows whats in the soap and guess what she loved the stuff so after that she got her little but spanked and sent to bed, and guess what again I have raise a very well behind young women who has 3 great kids that don't get into trouble and she and my son were never in trouble unlike some of my other relatives kids who hapen to be in prison.

Wow...The physical rod of discipline was never spared in my house when I was growing up. If I acted out my father put me back in my place quickly. And at my grandparents house? If I was disrespectful in any way, shape or form...out came the hot sauce! Am I maniacle killer on parole with a criminal record? No. Im a 34 year old Electrical Engineer earning a very good salary and have NEVER been in trouble with the law. My father wasn't supposed to be my friend, he was supposed to be my father. My level of respect and drive for success is owed all to him for the way I was raised and disciplined. Kids need to be put in line so they can be upstanding citizens and not privleged delinquints...Thanks Dad

GIVE ME A BREAK!!! That woman did NOT make her child "drink a bottle" or even "drink half a bottle" of hot sauce. Did you bashers even WATCH the video?! She gave a little squirt of hot sauce in his mouth. I also got the same amount of hot sauce in my mouth if I mouthed off to my mother and I was even younger than seven! Get OVER yourself! No wonder there are so many jerks in this world. They never received the consequences as a child!

I'm a mother of six also. I have used spanking occassionally. I find a timeout is more effective. After their timeout, I discuss what happened and let them talk to me about how they felt. I then let them know exactly what BEHAVIOR I didn't like and then let them know how much I still LOVE them. This works in my home but I would be lying if I said I didn't lose it sometimes. I hope all will have more compassion and forgiveness to this woman who is seeking help.

Arrest Dr. Phil for chronic douchebaggery.

This woman is a beast! I hope she is punished to the full extent of
the law. I watched the show that she was on and I cried. I don't cry
very often but it was just so terrible to watch and to listen to that
poor little boy scream and cry. I don't even like children very much,
but this was just wrong, she is a bully!

First of all I am a victim of the "hot sauce" punishment, on numerous occassions, my old fashioned grandmother would use that as a form of punishment for cursing. Being the hyper child that I was, a beating was not suffice, but hot sauce!! i learned my lesson very quickly.

What gets me aggrivated is that we as parents have our own way of disciplining our children, dont get me wrong I am strongly against child abuse, but for all you moms in here commenting on how bad of a mother she is, would watching a video of her beating the living crap out of her kid be better for you to watch???

I didnt think so. Yea, the cold shower might have been a little far fetched, but a "hot sauce punishment" being accused of child abuse??? C'mon, I am sure if we took a video camera and tapped about 90% of parents who "discipline" their children (based on the worlds opinions) atleast 89% of those people would be thrown in jail being accused of "child abuse".

According to the world today if you as a parent so much as flicks your child in public you get the "look". I say people need to mind their own dam buisness about what goes on behind the doors of others. (granted she did publicize the video)

But all in all, unless that video was of her brutally beating her child to death, (and although i would never use this form of punishment on my own child, because I experienced it) I dont see anything wrong with the "hot sauce" punishment.

Has anyone noticed that crimes rates have increased exponentially over the years, as the number of parents who actually discipline their children (and no...a time out does not count) goes down. It's funny too me how our grandparents, the ones whose morals and values and life lessons we so eagerly look to, envy and emulate... are the ones whose hind-parts were spanked red, mouths were washed out with soap, ears were "boxed" and lips were pinched...on a very regular basis

I think you should have been beaten more as a child. Hot sauce really? Is this really too far people? Do you really think, that this mom, got up that morning and thought to herself, "Hey, I'm going to make my kid eat hot sauce, take a cold shower, for no reason, and send it in to Dr. Phil just for shits and gigs??" The answer is no. The kid obviously deserved it. What would you have done? I seriously doubt that telling the kid "No." would solve anything, he would do it again. Then what? If the kid doesn't like eating hot sauce or taking really cold showers, he won't be bad again. This is how you learn people. It's called parenting, not abuse. If you think this is too far for your kids, man there are a lot worse. If you do far less than this to your kids, then you are a bad parent, who will infest this world with spoiled little children, pissing people off and getting beat up for it. Then you will sue because you won't take responsibility for your own awful parenting and then repeat. This is ruining our generations to come.

To Roberta: Are you a total idiot, or have you not yet reached the age of 12 and have years to reach that status?
From where do you gather your "data" on society?
From the grocery-store check-out line?

I'm 57 yo, was properly punished as a child when I deserved it, and have never been committed of a felony or another crime (other than traffic violations), so tell me how I could not grow up to be a model citizen.

From what planet are you?
Do you get pleasure from trying to pass judgement on everyone else every day?

You are so sad.

that woman should not be a parent. There is punishment and there is abuse....obviously this is not a grey area..her use of force was rediculous. I have tried very hard to put myself in this woman's shoes, i am also a parent, but i cannot even come close to understanding or supporting her abusive methods.