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child abuse
ok...no one took me up on the offer of another thread, but id figured id start it myself...
its more of a pol question. here goes:
if your 6 yr child curses all the time, and he is doing it just for a reaction. IM not talkng about "pee pee head, or poo poo head", im talking about *#@^ words
you have tried, time outs, talking to them, bringing them in the bathroom to use those words, ignoring them, but it constantly continues,because those forms of discipline doesnt seem to be doing the trick. It just keeps getting worse and worse...
and your child continues to use them and looks at you for a reaction. And you know he knows its wrong, but choices to do it anway.
then you get a call from the pre-school who want a teacher/parent meeting to discuss throwing your child out of school because his language is so bad, and they have also tried everything.
so then you have resorted all your efforts and decide to give him a drop of tobasco sauce on his tounge to stop....recomended by your pedi.
the child hates it and then never curses again...
is this considered child abuse?
i dont want to know about what your state says, or what your parents did...i really want to know how you feel about it.
and for my friends and support system out here...please be honest....its ok if you do..i will not be defensive.
im not looking for long drawn reasons...that could cause a major debate.....i think a yes or no might be easier...
even if you would never do this to your child, do you think its considered child abuse and can have a long emotional impact on the child.
if everyone feels it really is abusive....then i will have to think about this further.
to date: he has not said a cuss word for two weeks now. there has been no change in him at all with regards to his behaviors, except the cussing stopped. He still uses the poo poo head and pee pee head...and we still go in the bathroom for that...
but if he starts it up again, (which he might) i will reconsider using the tobasco sauce and have us deal with the natural consequence of him being thrown out of school....the last thing i want to do is abuse my child..
so be honest...yes or no...
dadfor2
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