A Quebec man was sentenced to four months in the community after forcing his eight-year-old daughter to sit at the dinner table for 13 hours over an uneaten serving of brussels sprouts.
In a case described by a judge as “aberrant and disturbing,” the court heard that both sides dug in their heels over the vegetables in January 2016.
The daughter was not permitted to go to the bathroom as the standoff continued or change her clothes after she’d soiled herself.
The father described the girl as shivering and suffering from hypothermia. The court heard she eventually agreed to eat what was left on her plate after a sleepless night, only to vomit right after.
According to a judgment handed down last January by Quebec court Judge Jean-Francois Gosselin, only then did the 42-year-old father from western Quebec allow the girl to have a shower and go to sleep.
Hey! This probably sounds ridiculous and maybe a little silly to some, but this is abuse. And it’s probably not the only time it’s happened either. You don’t just jump to that level of dehumanizing and humiliation over vegetables.
This is 100% child abuse.
This story reminds me of something that happened when I was 10. I wasn’t allowed to leave the kitchen because I refused to eat coleslaw (16 years later and I still HATE coleslaw and anything else with mayonnaise in it). Eventually, my incubation unit got tired of waiting for me to break and she had my father hold me down while she force fed it to me. Forcefully confining someone for not conforming to your wishes is hella abusive and not okay in the least!
Quebec Dad Sentenced After Brutal Brussels Sprouts Standoff
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