[Dog Gone]

I was also surprised to learn that salt was poisonous. Four teaspoons is a lot at one time, although I'll bet I've put that on a bucket of popcorn on more than one occasion.

It wouldn't occur to me to use it as a punishment. Whatever happened to "washing your mouth out with soap"?

[drt1]

It is very difficult to poison someone with salt. After ingesting so much the victim will vomit profusely and eliminate most of the overdose. These people must have force fed this child to obtain such a result and they must have continued for an extended period of time. A terrible act.

[kingsurfer]

Whatever happened to "washing your mouth out with soap"?

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Only happened once with me. Never said the F-word in front of my mum again.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

>>Whatever happened to "washing your mouth out with soap"?<<

We were made to brush our teeth with dish-soap - that was pretty nasty!

To the topic at hand - I can't understand what the "parents" were thinking when they expected the child to adjust so quickly. When we were taking our classes for foster parenting, we were told in no uncertain terms that adjustment periods are very difficult, and we would need a lot of patience.