Brussels sprouts: Quebec man forced daughter to stay at table for 13 hours
MONTREAL — 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.