When I was a child back in the early 1950’s, if a child lied or spoke disrespectfully, parents might threaten, ‘I’m going to wash your mouth out with soap.’ What I wouldn’t give for that bar of soap ...

I can see my mother at the kitchen sink using a scrub board with a bar of Fels-Naptha yellow soap to wash clothing by hand. She also had a gray bar of Lava soap for hard stains. Around age 8 in 1953, ...

I recall my mother telling me that if I ever lied to her, she would wash my mouth out with soap. Curious, I ran my finger over a bar of soap and put it in my mouth. Yuck. I don’t remember lying about ...

ATASCOCITA, Texas (KTRK) -- An Humble ISD substitute teacher is out of a job after she allegedly washed a student's mouth out with soap. This happened on Tuesday at the Cambridge School, which caters ...