Using chillies to discipline kids
Using chillies to discipline kids :
Some parents in the US have been using chilli sauce to punish their children for misbehaving, a newspaper said. With a picture of ten ripe red chillies, the Washington Post writes that while chilli sauce adds kick to hundreds of foods, “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 offences."
“The use of hot sauce has been advocated in a popular book, in a magazine for women and on Internet sites. Web-based discussions on parenting carry intense, often emotional exchanges on the topic," says the paper.
As with spanking, says the paper, hot saucing elicits strong reactions even among friends and family members. Parents who use hot sauce told the paper that such tactics as timeouts, lectures, negotiation or restricting certain pleasures have not worked for them but hot sauce or even the threat of it, stops undesirable behavior. But pediatricians, psychologists and experts on child care and family life strongly recommended against the practice.
The New Indian Express – 12th AUGUST - 2004
