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Most of us are familiar with using hot sauce to spice up food. Just a few drops certainly gives a jolt of flavor to many popular items. Hot sauce has also come to the forefront recently as a method for disciplining children. This practice is referred to as “hot saucing” or “hot tongue” and refers to a parent punishing a child for bad behavior by putting a drop of the highly seasoned substance on the tip of their child’s tongue.
This may be some parents’ way of trying to make sure that the punishment fits the crime in situations where the youngster has been caught lying, biting, or using inappropriate language. Some other parents choose to use this method of discipline for other types of unacceptable behavior, like hitting.
While this way of dealing with children originated in the traditions of the South, news of it has gone nationwide. No statistics are available with respect to how many parents have tried it, but many experts who deal with children’s health issues on a professional basis are certainly aware that parents do resort to the hot saucing.
The word about hot saucing has been referred to in a parenting guide, a written publication aimed at women of the Christian faith, and on various Web sites. It has been the subject of several heated discussions on Internet message boards.
The controversy hasn’t been confined only to parents. In some states, legislators have waded into the debate. A day care center in Michigan was issued a warning because it was discovered that workers there had used hot sauce as a punishment for biting. The twist to the story is that the mother of the child in question in the 2002 incident had given the center’s employees permission to deal with the child in this fashion.
The state of Virginia has added hot tonguing to its list of unacceptable disciplinary practises, so called “bizarre behaviors”. Other disciplinary options so described include confining youngsters in closets and making little ones get on their knees on a hard gravel surface.
Not surprisingly, this issue has caused heated debate between those who advocate using hot sauce and those who would not recommend it. Those individuals who have posted message on online discussion bulletin boards have received several responses with other parents enquiring how they can justify using this method for trying to stamp out bad behavior. Those who do try it are quick to point out that they save hot saucing as a last resort, to be used only when other methods of discipline have failed. The other methods tried, without success, are cited as being such methods as time out, negotiation, withdrawing privileges, etc.
It should be noted that child rearing experts do not recommend that parents try hot saucing as a form of discipline. Perhaps we should just keep the hot sauce for our food?
Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach, Florida. Find more about this as well as a hot sauces at http://www.hotsaucesonline.com
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Many aspects of playing the piano such as note reading and ear training are intuitive. They just make sense. There are, however, important aspects of piano which are not intuitive. In fact they are counter-intuitive to most of us. That?s why a good piano teacher is so important.
Students imagine playing in a way that makes sense to them and ?feels? comfortable. You can call this your ?default? setting, what you do naturally out of habit. Ever try to change a habit? It?s difficult. It takes conscious effort over time, because the mind-body connection is un-conscious and powerful. If you?re a piano student who wants to improve your playing, the best way to do this is to change your habits so that they reflect your goals. In this way you?ll be playing with self awareness, rather than out of habit. And that?s a good thing!
Here are some simple steps to begin developing a powerful good piano habit that will go a long way toward helping you reach your goals.
Step 1
To see how you can improve your playing, sit up straight on the edge of the piano bench, with an arch in your lower back, (move the bench way back from the piano for now.) Put the palms of your hands together in front of you. Now separate your hands so that your forearms are parallel, but your palms are still facing each other. Now lift your forearms arms and then drop them, like they are asleep, from the elbow with your palms still facing. If your arms are completely relaxed, they should have fallen so that the tips of your fingers are pointing to the floor and your arms are completely extended, because there is no way to catch the weight of your arms with your elbows when you drop them.
Step 2
To improve your posture, try this again. Only instead of allowing your palms to face each other, turn them flat so your palms are horizontal, facing the floor. Bend your arms a little so that the tips of your elbows are pointing more toward the ?walls,? and not toward the floor. Now lift your forearms toward the ceiling and then drop them from the elbows again. This time the weight of your forearms should catch in your elbows. Move your piano bench closer to the piano, but not too close (your elbows should be in front of your tummy.) Practice lifting and dropping your arms, catching the weight in your elbows, as you play one note, repeatedly. Lift and drop; lift and drop.
Step 3
Now practice this technique while playing octaves. Do this hands separately. With finger three, bounce from one key to the next, between octaves, lifting and catching the weight of your forearms from the elbows. Bounce and land; bounce and land, lifting your hand high over the keyboard. Now keep practicing this until it feels comfortable. Keep this posture as you play your pieces and remember to hold your hands ?flat? with elbows out-turned to add buoyancy, spring and flexibility to your playing.
Now you know a powerful piano habit to dramatically improve your playing and help you your musical dreams ? So keep doing it. Soon it will feel so natural you?ll wonder why you didn?t think of it!
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