Re: Mom, Child, & Car Wash
What gets me is that evidently it didnt hurt the kid but people act like it did just because of what they saw on camera. You see kids gettin sprayed with the garder hose in the summer and no one complains that this is hurting children, I say the kid most likely needed some physical punishment and it was the parents right (as long as it didnt hurt the kid which it didnt)what would people say if the mother would have slaped the brat several times?
A typical garden hose has a water pressure, with a nozzle attached, of about 40 psi. Many "spray and wash" type self service auto wash facilities have systems that are mechanically pressurized to about 1,200 psi. I suspect that the one this woman used was no where near that pressure, however, because she probably would have hurt the child if it had been.
The problem here is that first, spraying a kid down with a tool intended to wash dirt, road tar, grease, etc. off of a car is completely out of line. If you watch the video, you can tell that the mom has completely lost her cool. Secondly, this mom had no way of knowing how strong the spray from the nozzle was. Ask a hydraulic mechanic why you never pass your hand through a fine mist of hydraulic fluid escaping from a leak in a pressurized system. The answer is simple - because, depending on the psi involved, you can do anything from lay your hand open like you slipped with a very sharp knife, to losing several fingers.
I don't care if this child was being a brat or not, there is no excuse for this behavior on the part of the parent. Those of us who are or have been parents, we understand how easy it is for a child to drive you nuts and "get your pressure up." That said, most of us also know how to take a big breath and back off until we can apply punishment and teaching in an appropriate fashion ... and, yes, that may include a properly restrained spanking.
It is my sincere hope that the DSS folks require this mother to attend some parenting classes and put her on notice that she will be watched in the future.
