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AIBU?

To find this slightly disturbing?

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PrettyCandles · 18/04/2007 18:37

When talking about foods to a group of Year 1 children, I mentioned horseradish and one of the children said "I know what horseradish is! My mum gives it me when I'm naughty."

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wildwoman · 18/04/2007 18:39

no that does seem odd

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claireabo · 18/04/2007 18:39

No
How odd i wonder why her mum would do that.

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colditz · 18/04/2007 18:39

I would delve a little deeper into that one, but unless any other indicators of abuse are there, wouldn't be in the least but bothered by that alone. Ds1, aged four, often says things like "Are we going to have some food today? Yay! We are having some food today!"

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belgo · 18/04/2007 18:39

what age group is year one?

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wildwoman · 18/04/2007 18:40

lol colditz!

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PrettyCandles · 18/04/2007 18:41

I don't know them well, but from what I've seen the mum is very strict.

Children have their 6th brithday in Y1, so the child is 5 or 6 now.

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southeastastra · 18/04/2007 18:43

small confession.

my ds(5) once tasted mustard, he obviously didn't like it. for a couple of week i threatened to give him some more if he was naughty. (I didn't though)

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lisad123 · 18/04/2007 18:44

Maybe the child is right. Isnt it hot and not very nice tasting? Used to be a disapline method, maybe still used by mum with reasoning "never did me any harm" YUCK hate those words!!
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wannaBeWhateverIWannaBe · 18/04/2007 18:49

my mum told me once that when she was little, if her mum told her off in public she used to cry and scream "oh mummy please don't lock me in the cellar when we get home... please please don't lock me in the cellar again mum".

kids are little shits sometimes.

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nallydoolally · 18/04/2007 18:53

my friend used to "mummy please don't hit me, pleeeease" when her mum was asking her not to be a nuisance in the supermarket.

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belgo · 18/04/2007 18:54

yes but saying that your mum gives you horseradish as a punishment is a little more obscure

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TenaLady · 18/04/2007 18:55

Nah, I do the same to my ds (5) if he says a naughty word. I use vinegar on the tongue, just a drop.
It definately does the trick.

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deepinlaundry · 18/04/2007 18:55

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ash6605 · 18/04/2007 18:58

my dd has this awful habit when shes in one of her moods of shouting "ow ow ow your hurting me your squeezing my hand too tight" which makes me feel like some kind of child abuser,the looks you get off people are unreal.i think the point is,a pinch of salt is required,unless of course you have a serious reason to suspect abuse.

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LadyMacbeth · 18/04/2007 18:59

Kids do say funny things though, perhaps his mum lightheartedly jokes sometimes about giving her child something he tried once and thought revolting?

You're right to be a little concerned but please don't start a witch hunt after the poor woman. If he seems fine and happy I really wouldn't worry about it!

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Tamum · 18/04/2007 18:59

Hmm, I agree with belgo- it's such an odd thing to come up with, that's what makes it sound plausible really.

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UCM · 18/04/2007 19:01

I wonder if the child has mixed up horseradish with something else?

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quadrophenia · 18/04/2007 19:02

deepinlaundry would you really?

I would say its none of your business, honestly ffs its horsefeckin radish, bizarre but horse radish all the same, its hardly abuse is it?

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UCM · 18/04/2007 19:02

And for what it's worth I went through a stage of giving DS Haliborange orange/cod liver oil if he didn't eat his dinner. It worked for about 2 days and he began to like it............

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MerlinsBeard · 18/04/2007 19:03

she may be trying to stop him thumb sucking. my mum tried pasting my thumb with allsorts to make me stop inc mustard

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squeakybub · 18/04/2007 19:05

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wildwoman · 18/04/2007 19:05

very good point MOM, that's quite common.

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quadrophenia · 18/04/2007 19:06

but even if she does use it as a form of dicipline, whilst bizarre i really dopn't see how its disturbing?

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littlerach · 18/04/2007 19:06

I met a woman at dd1's nursery who would give her daughter mustard if she said certain words, or if she was rude ti the mother. She was quite open about it. She also said that she oince actaully washed her older daughter's mouth with soap.

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