I watched the original video months ago. It was pretty disgusting. First she made him gargle hot sauce (not eat it; he wasn't allowed to swallow it, just let it burn the inside of his mouth) while she interrogated him, then made him spit it out and threw him in a shower and blasted him with cold water while she continued interrogating him/yelling at him.
And like, that was a normal procedure for them. She'd be like *WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN YOU LIE TO MUMMY?* and he'd be like *sob sob I get hot sauce* and she was like *THEN WHAT DO YOU GET?* and he was like *sob sob c-c-c-cold shower*
All because, I dunno, he fought with another kid over some pencils. He was like 8 years old. Unless he broke the other kids face, it was utterly uncalled for.
Mom Forces Kid to Eat Hot Sauce: Child Abuse or Tough Parenting?
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2011/08/24 13:00:00
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We're always astonished by the things people do in videos before they go on "Dr. Phil," knowing they're on camera.
For Jessica Beagley, a 36-year-old Anchorage woman who appeared on the show in November to sort out discipline issues with her 7-year-old son, those videos were her downfall.
After reviewing Beagley's parenting techniques -- forcing her son to drink hot sauce, take cold showers and do jumping-jacks as punishment for getting behavior notices at school -- the court has charged her with misdemeanor child abuse.
She could get up to a year in prison along with her $10,000 fine, and The Anchorage Daily News reports it only took the jury one day to decide she was guilty.
Henry Paul, a Mount Sinai psychiatrist, told ABC News, "The stun -- the shock -- the acute anxiety can also lead to [a] long-term type of post-traumatic stress disorder that we often see in criminals who are incarcerated."
Oddly, investigators didn't find any signs of abuse with Beagley's other six children.
Her lawyers claim, "They're good people caught up in a bad situation. Child Protective Services has done a complete investigation and found no evidence of abuse of the other children ... if they believed it was a dangerous situation they would have removed the children."
But isn't sending the mom to jail technically a way of removing the children from the situation?
She still has custody of all of her kids, including the one shown in the video, but we'll find out if she has to be removed herself (and if so for how long) when she's sentenced on Monday.
For Jessica Beagley, a 36-year-old Anchorage woman who appeared on the show in November to sort out discipline issues with her 7-year-old son, those videos were her downfall.
After reviewing Beagley's parenting techniques -- forcing her son to drink hot sauce, take cold showers and do jumping-jacks as punishment for getting behavior notices at school -- the court has charged her with misdemeanor child abuse.
She could get up to a year in prison along with her $10,000 fine, and The Anchorage Daily News reports it only took the jury one day to decide she was guilty.
Henry Paul, a Mount Sinai psychiatrist, told ABC News, "The stun -- the shock -- the acute anxiety can also lead to [a] long-term type of post-traumatic stress disorder that we often see in criminals who are incarcerated."
Oddly, investigators didn't find any signs of abuse with Beagley's other six children.
Her lawyers claim, "They're good people caught up in a bad situation. Child Protective Services has done a complete investigation and found no evidence of abuse of the other children ... if they believed it was a dangerous situation they would have removed the children."
But isn't sending the mom to jail technically a way of removing the children from the situation?
She still has custody of all of her kids, including the one shown in the video, but we'll find out if she has to be removed herself (and if so for how long) when she's sentenced on Monday.
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La 2011/08/24 16:20:16
For other types of misbehavior, there are FAR more effective methods that a parent can employ. The discipline should always be appropriate to the lesson that the parent is trying to teach.
...not this sadistic child torture stuff. Although, it seems like the punishment was predictable, so it could have been worse I suppose.
I don't believe that cold showers or hot sauce are dangerous. It seems a lot more likely that a squirming, struggling kid might wind up getting swatted somewhere dangerous.
There are obviously lines that parents must not be allowed to cross. But I'm not clear on who gets to decide where those lines are drawn. And I don't think this is even close.
I've only just now had a chance to watch the video. That looked like a *lot* of hot sauce the kid spit out. Assuming the poor guy wasn't puking up whatever might have been in his belly at the same time.
I don't see where the Constitution applies here. I'd appreciate it if you'd can find the time to help clear up my ignorance.
I haven't run across any parent who's ever been issued anything about a "standard code of conduct". The doctors just sort of hand the baby over and basically tell the parents "Good luck." Maybe it's different for adoptions?
All the issues seem so complex...if you have a kid who insists on lying to you, how far is a parent to go?
I get the impression that she was asking for help from Dr. Phil (which seems stupid to me). But she was at least trying to turn to someone who she considers a "Mental health practitioner." Do you think that these kids (and her others) will be better off for "enjoying" time in foster care while she serves her sentence?
I don't have a clue here. This is one of those examples that make me *really* glad I've never chosen to try raising children.
I can't watch the video, but that seems like a silly thing to say. Do you have anything solid to back that up? The only thing I've been able to come up with is that they can cause a spike in blood pressure leading to a heart attack--probably not a danger to a 5 year old. That was from someone anonymous on yahoo answer's "alternative medicine" forum: take it for what it's worth.
My parent's answer to crying over piddling little punishments like these? "If you keep that up, I'll give you a reason to cry."
omg she's soo mean :'(
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blo...
I haven't run across many parents who actually enjoy spanking their kids. Sometimes, it's the most appropriate deterrent. I think the "wait 'til your father gets home!" anticipation was worse.
There's a world of difference between an appropriately administered spanking and actual abuse.