Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Anyone for some Pepper?


So, I know nobody has ever had problems with a child(s) lying before, but at the Tolman's home we have had some issues. So Tom and I decided to start with pepper on their tongues for lying. So before punishment was given Tom asked me to come with him into a different room. Confused I followed and he asked me to put pepper on his tongue. WHY? He asked me if I have ever had pepper for lying, " ofcourse", I answered "when I was younger". Tom's reply was" I have never had pepper on my tongue, so can you please put pepper on my tongue now so I know what my children will be going through." Ok???? So I did and he said it was not too bad. So upto our childs room to talk and give punishment. But while Tom was talking so loving and gently all of a sudden he was choking and having a hard time talking, not because he felt sorry for this child that had lied to us many times, but because the pepper that wasn't so bad decided to stick around for a while in his throat. So does pepper work? It did on Tom, but our child just swallowed the pepper and on his way. So what next?