Whats your opinion about this?

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I think it is child abuse. I get making them lick or a drop but to pour the whole bottle down the kids throught is to much. and who knows what would happen if she wasent stoped at this point. Torture is child abuse! 

Another example of why not everyone whos able to spit out a kid, should. 

she didnt have the child she adopted him and he had behavioral issues from what was on the news about it. i didnt read the article just saw a segment. 

i think it is even worse when you adopt them and treat them like that! no one twisted her arm and told her to adopt him.He was looking for a good loving home not one that treats him badly. When you adopt it is because you made that choice and want to give a child a better life but that is not always the case with having one of your own. 

behavioral issues or not thats way over the top. expecially since it was for throwing pencils at school and then lying about it. im glad the courts found her guilty. shoot my 18 month old daughter throws things all the time. are we working on that yes, would i put hot sause in her mouth or throw her a cold shower hell no 

Yeah, my oldest has been having trouble with my middle child, and I made him sit at the top of the stairs next to me... we sat there for maybe 30 minutes, I asked him a few questions, but most of the time we jsut sat there... he thought it was the worst thing in the world. 

Shoot, He lied about throwing the pencils because he was afraid of punishment. He'd probably still had the same thing done to him if he didn't lie. He's 7!!!! Cold showers, and hotsauce, Jumping jacks to the point of exhaustion?!?!?! Holy cow! And not only that, but she yelled in his face, like straight in his face. I have learned with my son, yelling makes no impact. Talking to him and making sure he understands what he did wrong is the only way. 

I guess it depends on if you are making them taste it or making them drink it. I know people who have given their children hot sauce for lying. but it was only to get the taste of it. I also know someone that use to put a little in the bottom of a cup becuase she didnt want to get bit when she was making them tase it so she was making them drink it. Yes that is wrong to make a child drnik it. I personally witnessing this do not think giving them hot sauce for lying or cussing works. But its better then making them taste soap. Atleast hotsauce is etable where soap is not its a chemical. ANd no im not talking back in the day when your parents made you do it or threatned you with it i have actually seen people give their children soap since i have been stationed here. 

That's just horrible! I don't care how a child is behaving, that is no excuse. If you don't know how to discipline or be a parent then DON'T have children (or adopt especially). That just makes me even more sick, considering my daughter was adopted at birth by an amazing family and she sure gives a bad name to adoptive parents! I'm glad she was at least dumb enough to video tape it (not saying that in a mean way towards the child), meaning that at least they have PROOF. Since it seems you have to have a crime on videotape to get in trouble now days. 

Well I for one never did things like that to my kids but I remember eating soap myself as a kid and im still alive. Yea yea yall are gonna go ape when I say thins but in my house when you lie you get your rear tore up. Hot sauce is food for heaven sakes and she did not pour the whole bottle down his throat.I think this case is a waste of tax payers money when there are REAL abusers walking the streets! I also think corporal punishment and prayer need to be brought back into schools. Kids today think they can get away with murder because parents are scared to whoop that tail! 

There are some times I take delight when people go to prison. If she goes, that will be one of those times. 

The video is on YouTube of what she does to her kid--it brought me to tears. He was pleading, begging, and screaming. She definitely should have been charged; the punishment was excessive and carried out for too long.

At the age of seven they are able to understand consequences, but when they are in true fear of those consequences (not respect), they are going to try and protect themselves by lying. I mean he made bad choices at school, but degrading him by yelling and deflating his little heart while making him hold hot sauce in his mouth is awful. To make matters worse she continued to yell at him, made him strip, and get into an ice cold shower on top of that. That is a lot of punishment for being a kid who made some bad choices. So sad. 

I'm up here in Anchorage where it happened. They adopted those poor kids from an orphanage in Russia. Her husband is a cop too. The news here was saying she was only being tried for a misdemeanor. I have lost all faith in the justice system. Abuse/Kill ur child ok, you'll be headline news for a few weeks. Spank ur kid and ur going to prison. smdh 

The article isnt showing up now that i have time to see it ..the segment on the news mentioned she had asked Dr Phil for help with the boy who has some issues and she was at a loss and he told her to video worst case scenerio and send it in. I think she was clueless in how to deal with a child who is neurotypical and what might work for a typical child wont work for a child with issues/disabilities. I think she was unprepared for a child who had behavioral issues and was trying to get help. I dont think she was right in how she handled him but I think shes was over her head and not every parent who can take care of a typical child can deal with the daily grind of having a child who has those issues and the consequences 24/7 and most break. I dont think shes evil but i do think a 6th child with issues was more then she could handle and most dont understand how hard it is to raise a special child til they experience it. obviously she needed more direction and help. 

WTF. She shouldn't have done that, however as a kid I was beat, and so I would have been grateful for a hot sauce treatment. :/ Growing up we got our mouth washed down with soap. We got jalapeno peppers rubbed on our hands if we decided to suck our thumbs. and alot of other things.

Not that that makes it right, or that I would EVER do it to my kids, but I thank GOD that she didn't do something worse to those boys. 

This is my opinion, as a child I was spanked, I was made to go pick a switch (people know what I mean), my mother had the "anything in reach" rule. Was I abused, no. Now I spank but not to the extent of child abuse. And it rarely happens in my home. But I'm sorry thi slady has reached beyond the point of child abuse. I firmly believe in the punishment, what you did should be done to you!

I know I wouldn't drink any hot sauce let alone make my child do it. I have used push ups, and jumping jacks, but not to the point of exhaustion..lol not even close when I tried to use it my kids thought it was a game....epic fail!

Anyone who has a heart can clearly see this is child abuse! 

I saw the show on Dr. Phil about it, and then heard she was being charged. I personally think it was abuse, and I think some things that happened to us when we were kids were abuse too. I personally don't spank, but thats my own opinion and people that choose too, thats their opinion and choice. But there is a line, at some point. She crossed it. On the video I saw she's in his face screaming at the boy. She puts him in an ice cold shower and the hot sauce. I've heard of a drop or two but she put ALOT in his mouth and continued to scream at him. She asked Dr. Phil for help, obviously she knew it was wrong yet continued to do it. When my father and I still spoke, (a really long time ago) he told me how I was punished and told me I was fine. My opinion is 1)I may be fine but I could be better and 2) I'm really only fine despite that, not because of it. Clearly I still remember it and have issues so I'm not fine. Don't really believe that child will ever be "fine" or at least not as good as he could be 

I think throwing him in a cold shower is worse than the hot sauce....Im not sure she put that much hot sauce in his mouth she only turned the bottle up once and hot sauce doesnt pour out. (we eat a lot of hot sauce in our house....actually we love hot/spicy stuff) Not making excuses for her....Im just saying to me the cold shower was way worse....cruel
I also think that she tried to publicly humiliate him by video taping it. the prosecutor of the case said that was the reason they charged her.

I dont think she has the tools to deal with a child. I hope that her sentence comes with parenting classes.

My concern is if she will do this on camera, how far does she go when there is no camera. 

I think the yelling and cold shower could be considered worse than the hot sauce. I didn't think it was that much hot sauce either, but when he spit it out, it seemed like a whole lot to me. Plus it was straight hot sauce, not that much on food, it was straight. I don't think she did this for the camera like some people are saying, the hot sauce is in her bathroom and on the show she said she did it all the time, and the little boy knew because he answered her. Is sad that it was only a misdemeanor, but at least she was convicted of something. 

Kids taste buds are more sensitive than ours, thats why they typically can be picky eaters and prefer bland things. So to think that just a drop isnt that bad, wrong. It's a retarded idea to begin with. People who are going to have children around them need to start using their heads when it comes to discipline. You can sit there and spank your child til your arm falls off and you reach his tailbone, but hes not gonna learn anything if you dont talk to him. 

Screaming at your child and hitting your child especially with objects just makes the adult feel better, it doesnt "teach" a lesson. Unless the lesson is "get better at hiding crap from parents", then yeah, you're super successful. 

lmao sue I love the way you look at things your awesome!!! 

I tried to click on the link and the video was no longer available, so I Googled "mom hot sauce". You won't believe this: she did it to get on Dr. Phil. What the heck? It was orchestrated just so she could "get help", and all at the child's expense. I'm glad the judge threw the book at her. She deserved it.

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