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Originally Posted by Lynn160
If only we could still use the "washing mouth out with soap" technique. Now days we would be charged with abuse. We are hoping that this is just a phase and he is trying to impress us and kids in the neighborhood. I don't think he even knows the meanings to some of the things he says.
Lynn160
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I'm a foster parent here in GA and my mother works for DSS in SC, so I've had a contact with a few caseworkers.
I don't know which state you are in, but in SC one of the caseworkers told my mother that we should "hot sauce" our son's mouth! My son had said something inappropriate and my husband mentioned in front of the caseworker something about washing his mouth out. I was mortified! I was scared that they were going to take our son. I cried after we left to my mother about what happened, so she talked to the caseworker and that's when the caseworker told her she was going to suggest hot sauce!
Here in GA, at least the part that we live in, the caseworkers absolutely recognize the right of parents to discipline their children. I may get flamed on this one, but I encourage you to set some very stringent whether it be spanking, "going wireless" (meaning allowing NOTHING with a cord to be watched/played), etc.
With my foster children, I was not allowed to physically discipline them (and rightly so). So I set up some very strict rules for my kids with consequences...and rewards. This has worked well so far.
For my birth/adopted children, I always pointed out that Peter cursed to prove that he was not a follower of Christ (after Christ was arrested and Peter followed him to see what would happen to Him), so if they use that kind of language, they sound like they are not a follower of Christ.