Dad sentenced after forcing daughter to sit at table for 13 hours to eat brussels sprouts
A father was sentenced after he refused to let his young daughter leave the dinner table for 13 hours until she’d eaten all her brussels sprouts.
The man, 42, from Quebec, Canada, reportedly engaged in a heated exchange with the girl in January 2016 before forcing the eight-year-old to sit at the table without access to the bathroom, The Ottawa Citizen reported.
After soiling herself in her chair, the girl was left shivering and suffering from hypothermia, a court heard.
The girl vomited after she eventually agreed to eat the sprouts. It was only then that the girl was allowed to take a shower and go to bed.
The judgement was handed down in January and revealed the father left one sprout on the girl’s plate for her to finish in the morning.
The father, reportedly a junior college professor in special education, was sentenced to four months community service and ordered to make a $500 charitable donation.
