Seniors/Boomers : Have you ever washed a childs mouth with soap?

Question

BTW---- that is something I would never think of doing.

LOL... Bless your sweet heart Minnie!

Answer 1

there is someone id like to use lye soap on right now and i think you know who.we grew up in a different time and had the soap in the mouth and the leather belt. just the way it was. maybe why we are so well behaved now.

Answer 2

Yes, if one of our children said something offensive and
insulting, they had a small bar of soap swiped over their
tongues. It was a bitter reminder than any spanking, and it
reminded them to curb their speach if they got angry. There
was never once an attempt for swearing or saying anything
uncalled for after having that done.
We raised our children as generations before us, but not
to the same degrees of punishment. We wanted our children
to be as respectful and considerate as we'd been raised. And
we often had to learn from our punishments if we were
stubborn. You didn't see kids having tantrums or crying for
something they couldn't have in the stores shopping. They
not only wouldn't consider doing that, but if they had, they'ed
know what would await them by the time they got home. The
phrase was, "Spare the rod, and spoil the child". Perhaps
you've already heard that. I remember speaking back to my
mother in a car once, and told her I hated her. And she turned
around in the front seat and scolded me and said "wait til you
get home, I'm going to wash your mouth out, so that you won't
ever talk back to me again". And she meant it, and she did
that. That was the last time I sounded off. And another
time I spoke to my dads' mother in a disrespectful way, as I
she'd said somethng really hurtful and I talked back. And my
dad took off his belt and gave me some hard whacks with
it on my rear end. That was the very last time, I got a spanking
or strapping. I never spoke with disrespect or out of anger
again. A spanking would last me a very long time even before
that. And that one strapping was the only time I'd had that punishment from my dad. Todays' parents are afraid to go to such extremes. And rightly so for the strapping. But I spanked my two when talking wouldn't be responded to. And our daughter was defiant, and our son was sensitive and did the crying. They learned when little to curb their speach and then some.
Our daughter has been less strict with her son, and he
speaks like she does now and that's with less respect for
people. I don't know what made her change except for the
influence of other friends who had what I call, 'gutter' mouths. She fell into that after she'd remarried and was around an
old friend from school again. She didn't mind her son
parroting her when he got into is pre teen years. As she
and he both told us, kids in school were all alike that way.
It was just part of the teen culture. I guess it must be from
conversations I've overheard when I'm out. And it's a sad
day that kids have no respect for themselves to use this
dialogue among friends as well as strangers sometimes.

Answer 3

My son's teacher did it first, and told me. He was old enough and had been taught that you do not use that type of language. He certainly did not get it at home, we don't use that kind of language in a Christian home, period.

He did get it from one of the kids.

I certainly don't think it's child abuse. It was good enough for us as we grew up and I turned out OK. I expect the same from my son, no less. By the way, he doesn't use vulgar language around this old lady, to this day!

Answer 4

Yes and it was the hardest thing to do. A holdin onta his arm and tryin to pump the handle to git water then get the lye soap. I needed 3 hands.
Cousin Bubba was 6 years old but as big as boar hog. It 'bout worn me down.

Answer 5

Whoooeee that lye soap sure nuff does put a shine on the ole choppers. but the taste tak's some gettin used to.

Answer 6

No. As far as I am concerned it is child abuse. I very rarely spanked my sons either and it was a last resort. Mostly I spent quality time with them and talked to them like they had sense. So many people seem to think that children are not smart enough to understand when things are explained to them. I have two grown decent, kind, honest, intelligent and responsible sons.

Answer 7

The movie "The Christmas story" had the best depiction of "Washing Mouth Out with Soap" I've ever seen.

I never did that to my children, it's child abuse!
:-(
Juju

Answer 8

ONCE when I was 4, my mother lathered up some FELS NAPTHA soap and scrubbed my mouth with it. To the day she died, I never used another curse word in front of her.

Answer 9

i'm not a senior/boomer but my grandmother washed my mouth with soap when I was a kid for calling my brother stupid.

Answer 10

I must say no, I haven't ever done that......but have thought of it.......I know now days they consider it child abuse......a child died from having a reaction to the soap that a parent had put in his mouth......so now they are very stern on not using it......