Is this cruel punishment?

Don't know if this is just punishment or venturing into the "cruel" kind. 😉

Castor oil - with no drink/candy/food to take the taste away 😃

The castor oil without something to get rid of the flavor is something generations of kids had to deal with. I hardly think it cruel.

While "play punishments" are common in our household, real punishments are not. We've used castor oil -- big dose of the original (NOT tasteless or flavored) stuff -- and a blistering hairbrush spanking for this for years. It's effective, and not something one wants repeated anytime soon.

Pmoi: Not sure what you mean by 'original'. The stuff i get is from walgreens/wal-mart. i normally do 25ml of the nasty stuff, when i use it ... that guarantees i will make one heck of a mess ... and normally overflow it. [blush].

As for real punishments such as "blistering spanking", much as i would be begging for 'no more' and likely bawling my eyes out, sometimes i wish for such things.

I think hiding it would actually be "crueller," because they wouldn't know it was going to happen until you told them afterwards and they couldn't stop it, or until it hit them completely by surprise. If you know it's coming, it's easier to fight or prepare for

I don't think it's cruel, but I definitely wouldn't want it.