A friend of mine used to work at a car wash, which is one of the main reasons I'm responding to this thread. We used to fight with the hoses all the time. It was friggin awesome! It stings on high, but not enough to bruise an adult. I agree that it's not cool to hit a kid on full blast though.
As skip said, some do not have pressure settings, but around here, many do. The ones that don't have pressure settings usually have three modes and divide your time between the three. First is soap+water, then water, then rinse. The first two are higher pressure and the rinse mode is low pressure. So even w/out a setting, she could have been in a low pressure mode. And I've never seen a car wash w/out a low pressure rinse mode.
As for a garden hose being cruel, why? Discipline has a place and it's up to parents to decide how to handle their children. I don't see anything wrong with spanking or spraying a kid with water at a reasonable pressure. If your views are that a child should never endure any physical discomfort, then that's your opinion, but nothing more. I don't see anything wrong with spanking a child or spraying them with water if they're seriously misbehaving. There should never be excessive force and it should never be done w/out reason, but physical punishment is a valid disciplinary tool in my opinion and it's been used for thousands of years. Letting your kids run wild just breeds assholes.
@thekitchensink
I don't see any evidence of it being on "full blast" here. That's a critical factor. It's also important whether they find further evidence of abuse. If this was a one time incident it hardly justifies separating mother and daughter and likely ruining the child's life (not just the mother's) by placing her in our horrid foster care system.
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