Mexican culture and raising kids

[Crow]

I'm sure ElCuervo remembers this, an excellent educational devise if you don't know it your roots aren't from México

I think other Latin American Countries share this tradition, if it is your case raise your hand        

The Secret of La Chancla

[Nok]

 

That's not just Mexican or Latin American culture. I think it's fairly universal, just with varying degrees of success. 

[Bald Brick]

So you don't beat the children, you just throw sandals at them? Actually that is more humane.

[jaydot]

given the legendary reputation women have of being unable to hit a target, i would agree, bald brick.

[Nok]

given the legendary reputation women have of being unable to hit a target, i would agree, bald brick.

Now that's funny.   

[Wildman]

given the legendary reputation women have of being unable to hit a target, i would agree, bald brick.

Now that's funny.   

You wouldn't be able to say that if you had been around my mom, she rarely wore sandals, and never missed..Once leashed, your head was hit....! 

[Crow]

So you don't beat the children, you just throw sandals at them? Actually that is more humane.

If the mother was at the kitchen it could be dangerous, a ladle (I think that is the word) hits harder as my wife can testify; a fork is dangerous too since it can make you bleed, or so says one of my brothers in law  

given the legendary reputation women have of being unable to hit a target, i would agree, bald brick.

Yep, you're not Mexican    they are not women at that moment they evolved into mothers, not the same as any gamer can tell you

I miss those times.... a lot

[YouCanToo]

Yike, Does this mean my mother was part Latino all this time    Ahh yes that magical flying shoe, or for that matter anything else that was in arms reach.........

[weirdwolf]

Shoes ? no. Wooden spoons? yes.

I would link to a vid by a Edward Murphy about "shoe throwing mothers" but there are too many uses of a word that start with "F"

[Bald Brick]

My mother taught me at  an early age that throwing things is a very convincing argument, and more so if whatever you throw  breaks. I've put my mother's teaching to good use in later life when working with actors.

When throwing things at actors you don't really want to hit them as that might be quite costly; you just want to smash something so close to them that they think you wanted to hit them. The effect is immediate.

In my mother's case I just started to wonder why she never threw a Flora Danica plate and why the plates she actually threw at me were usually a bit chipped. But then I understood!

Actors never think about things like that. They aren't that clever.