Washing Mouths Out With Soap??

I do and I would do it again! It works for back talking and using cuss words It worked with me and my sisterand brother My sister does it with her kids and I have with my kids, also alot of my friends do it too! nothing wrong with it. People don't do it anymore because everyone says its bad they just want to actually punish thier kids ! Its not a popularity contest its parenting! get real with it or they'll run all over you! The parents that don't spank don't wash their kids mouths out or take them out to the car in a restaurant have the kids that run all over , backtalk and rule their parents ! Its real fun for parents who make their kids behave too!

O_o..washing mouth as a punisment??omg..i have never heard of such thing before..It doesn't sound like a punishment but more to a torture act.I would never put soap in my child mouth(if i have any)..it may cause hazard to them or worst may be fatal.

I have never used that as a punishment. And neither did my mom.. but she did put chili in my mouth once when i was younger for saying a bad word.. You bet i never said that word again.. Well ok, i did when i got older.. LOL.. But as a kid. heck no.. I never did it ti my kids though.. I threatened but never did it..

I never washed my kids mouths out with soap. And my mother never did it to me eother. I do not think that washing a kids mouth out with soap is going to do any good. I could never put soap in my childrens mouths.

My two children are grown up with kids of their own now, but when they were young, I think I tried it once on each of them at different times (and probably for different "bad" words).I don't think it was very effective--more like a wrestling match to get the soap in their mouths! The only reason I would do something like that would be for saying something really shameful. And, unfortunately, what was a dirty word when I was a child (about a half century ago), is probably said on the prime time sit-coms on tv, or sung in the lyrics of a song on the radio now! Oh, oh, I'm starting to sound like my mother now. I think the best thing would be to sit the child down and have a frank discussion of why what they said was not appropriate, and to explain the repercussions if they said it again.

I don't think this should ever be done. It is cruel and abusive. Parents should not need to resort to such things to get their children to behave appropriately. I'm appalled that anyone still does it. All this would do is teach children not to say these things when the parents are around, plus now they feel anger and resentment toward the parent. I realize that parents have to discipline kids and set limits and that sometimes this may make their children upset or angry, but washing their mouths out with soap is just too cruel. I know that things used to be different, but I'm glad that most of us know better now.

i will use the soap in the mouth with my son and it only took once for him to get it it now whenever he gives me a smart remark or says a bad word i will say to him do you want soap in ur mouth and he says no and says he is sorry.

I always thought that was always more of a threat than something that actually happened. My mom always use to say it and I say it sometimes but never really thought aboiut doing it. I now wonder how many parents actually have done it.

Washing mouths out with soap is a punishment usually given when kids shoot off their mouths or tell lies. I personally don't think it is a good form of punishment. I can just imagine having to forcefully open the child's mouth to either drink soap water or insert the hand with soap into the child's mouth. It is humiliating and risking injuries or even poisoning to the child. I am glad my parents never did it to me and I hope parents today will never do it to their children. The children may never forget the punishment but it may emotionally damage some of those with sensitive personalities and no guarantee that the lesson is learnt.

Washing kids mouths out with soap isn't a punishment, it's a form of abuse. I'm appaled that people do this. My grandparents tried it with me and and what good did it do? Absolutely nothing because I was determined to do it anyway. It was just horrible. I can't believe people would even consider shoving soap, a detergent into a CHILD's mouth.

I know someone that uses bar soap rubbed across the teeth (they say it stays there longer) and also use dish soap, which is just a horrible taste. They use it on their son when he is mouthy/saucy, whatever you want to call it. I tried this with my oldest daughter a few times, but she actually liked the taste of soap..so that didn't last very long at all.

I had soap in my mouth once...YUK! I know of people who use hot sauce. It didn't hurt me but I am sure these days it is some sort of abuse.

i havent' heard of anyone washing their kids mouths out with soap for a long time. i remember my dad doing it to me. he used liquid soap and i went to rinse out my mouth and i made lots of bubbles. anyway now a days i think that would be concidered child abuse. i think there are better punishments out there than that. soap is not meant to be etible and is poisonous to eat.

Thats sickening.[i got a gag feeling] Why would they do this to their kids? This sounds torture. Soaps are very harsh and harmful for lips and tooth enamels.Its like pouring acid into their mouth. Don't they have any humanly punishments?

I did it once to my son for lying. It was effective for him for that. I think it's something that should seldom be used and if it is it needs to be for something like lying or using language that they know they shouldn't use.

We tried to due to her saying some words she shouldn't have. Ones she heard from her grandfather mostly. The problem came in she didn't mind the taste. Go figure. We had to put a drop of Tabasco sauce on her tongue the next time. Now that one worked.