Mental Monarchs tackles the difficult conversation of discipline known as CHANCLA CULTURE in Latino communities. We uncover the physical abuse that is chancla culture, where it comes from and how common it still is. Maria goes into the ins and outs of physical abuse on children, how to redirect their behavior, and what that behavior may mean.  

Maria Luisa Salcines is a freelance writer, and certified parent coach with The Academy of Parenting Education and Coaching in Redirecting Children’s Behavior and Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom. Follow her on Twitter @PowerOfFamily, Instagram mlsalcinespoweroffamily or contact her on her blog FamilyLifeandFindingHappy.com.

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