"He said his dad had put a bar of soap in his mouth for calling him an asshole after my husband threw water on the dog for getting into the garbage. I am furious. My husband says his mother used to do the same thing to him and his sister for bad language when they were kids so the punishment was appropriate."
"Even though "divorce him" would be a sufficient enough response, I'll stretch this out a little so I can dunk on your husband a bit more. Like, seriously? Is your husband 115 years old? Lemme guess: He also smokes unfiltered Camels and prefers to use leaded gasoline in his Buick Skylark. His behavior and insistence that this is "appropriate" punishment are disturbing."
A mother found her five-year-old son in tears after his father forced a bar of soap into the child's mouth for calling him an "asshole" and after the father had thrown water on the dog for rummaging in the garbage. The father defended the punishment by citing his own childhood and said future punishment was "up to" the child. The father's behavior is condemned as cruel, abusive, and likely to cause emotional problems and household instability. Recommended actions include issuing a harsh ultimatum banning such punishment, retaliatory humiliation as a wake-up, pursuing divorce, and seeking full custody.
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