What Chancla Culture is, its origins, as well as why it's harmful
You know the ones in which the punchline is a mom chasing after her child with a chancla, or calling him a pendejo in response to anything or manipulative saying “¿no me quieres?” (you don’t love me?) when a child doesn’t want to share with them, give them a kiss, or hug them.
And even if we felt uncomfortable about it, we probably laughed when we saw it. Survivor’s humor is a real thing.
But as we’ve had our own kids, we’ve come to realize that those jokes really aren’t funny. And we’re recognizing that being on the receiving end of such behaviors hurt us and impacted us in ways that we’re still unpacking today.
And there’s no way in hell that we’ll do the same to our children. Not us.
We’re done with the verbal, emotional, and psychological chancletazos we received growing up.
Instead…
We want more connection.
We want more expressed love.
We want to #EndChanclaCulture.
The Ending Chancla Culture Introductory Workshop will support you in setting a strong foundation for raising Future Ancestors who won’t need to heal from their childhoods.
Hola, queridos! Soy Leslie Priscilla. I’m a first-generation non-black Chicana mother to three bicultural children. I’m a descendant of Indigenous Tarahumara Rarámuri and Spanish lineages, and I’ve resided on occupied Tongva and Acjachemen land, a.k.a Orange County, CA, all my life.
I’ve been working with children, caregivers, and familias for over 14 years, both as a teacher and through work with various mental health organizations throughout Orange County. But now I share my medicine with you all through Latinx Parenting, the bilingual organization I founded.
Latinx Parenting is rooted in children’s rights, social & racial justice, and antiracism, and offers family education and support that is trauma-informed, healing-centered, amplifying of our strengths, advocacy, and culturally sustaining of and for the Latinx community and its allies.
Through curated and passionate content, workshops, and courses, Latinx Parenting supports parents, caregivers, and former Latinx children to heal their lineages, raise thriving future ancestors, and create more connection with themselves, their children, and their cultura. My belief is that through this work we can leave a legacy of thriving for our gente. I’m so happy that you’re with us on this journey!
Yes, this is a recording of our most recent and updated version of our foundational Ending Chancla Culture Introductory Workshop. You’ll get access to it via our Escuelita, which is housed in the Circle platform.
Yes, Spanish translation will available for this workshop. Sí, la traducción al español está disponible para este taller.
We’ve opened up a community space for every workshop and course offering we have for no additional fee. People learn in community and we hope this benefit cultivates the learning experience we aim to nurture as well as further our movement to #EndChanclaCulture.
We’re glad to hear this workshop resonated with you! This workshop is specifically for people who identify as Latinx or who closely work with Latinx children & families in their profession. We will have other relevant offerings available soon. In the meantime, we wish you well on your decolonized parenting journey.
