The mother punished her son for theft and revive the debate about physical punishment

The mother faces her son accused of stealing in the street

In the midst of public roads and before dozens of witnesses, the woman of the person who is claiming to be her son faced accused of trying this RoboAnd he gave him a beating beyond the neighborhood: with a belt and anger of the accumulated mother, the scene was arrested in the video and broadcasting in networks with a clear message: “It did not show that.”

The events took place – according to first unofficial reports – in a town in southeast Mexican, where the young neighbors discovered while trying to commit a robbery. However, what appeared to be the beginning of the execution took an unexpected turn when his mother reached the scene and asked the “belt” to take care of the lesson personally.

He wears a red skirt and a blue blouseThe woman criticized without hesitation. “Who taught you to steal, huh?” He shouted while the young man tried to protect himself. About it, the crowd not only intervened: he registered, applauded and celebrated. Some even asked to “download the full video”.

Reactions in social networks and open discussion

In social networks, the punishment was born a wave of comments:

• “For all belts that you haven’t given before, they ended up giving them all,” Turkyevenger wrote.
• Another person jokingly said, referring to the belt clip: “Cueriza is very slight.

The scene opened a non -new discussion: to what extent can the mother (or should) discipline? How effective is the physical punishment in forming values?

For psychologist Julia Bourbola, “behind the Supreme Court of Justice in the nation (Scjn) is a way to think and behave very rooted, because we start with Nahgada, but it can be a series where what I do is contact is that I can make the educational tool.”

Another perspectiveMariana de Bella Roldan, an expert from the couple’s development institute, considers that “she frightens me how the rulings will be implemented, and how they will determine the truth of whether they will lose the authority of the parents or not, because most of us at some point we received religions there, and that was precisely that we see that there was an end and not harm us.”

The legal dimension of physical punishment in Mexico

The truth is that a woman has not been arrested or punished. On the contrary, for many, it has become a symbol of forgotten discipline, and ancient education, according to them, according to them, “they should never cross:” Mothers before you correct you in time … and desire. “

But the question remains: Is the violence justified by the educational intention is still valid in the full 2025?

While some celebrate The video clip is a work of difficult love and others condemns it as a setback in the rights of children, one thing safe: the discussion about the limits of the mother’s authority in Mexico more than ever. As if every belt was also a question that was not resolved.

A law against physical punishment and concern numbers

The scene revived the debate on the physical punishment in Mexico, especially in the context of the legal reforms that have been promoted since 2021. In that year, the law prohibiting emotional and degrading punishment was published against girls, boys and adolescents, which was published in the Union’s Official Gazette on June 8, 2021.

This reform of Article 44 of the General Law of Girls, Children and Adolescents Rights proves that all persons are prohibited from practicing any form of physical punishment or degrading treatment as a form of correction or discipline, even in the family.

Related data: According to data from Inegi (2022), 6 out of 10 minors in Mexico received a kind of physical punishment at home, and 13.9 % have witnessed severe forms of physical violence. Also, and National Human Rights Committee (CNDH) He has reiterated that physical punishment can have long -term negative consequences, such as increased aggression, anxiety, or a decrease in self -size in children.

The international dimension and the work of the authorities

On the other hand, the issue is not less in the international legal framework. Mexico is part of the United Nations Rights Agreement, which considers that physical punishment is a form of violence that does not comply with human rights.

As for the viral video, although the woman was not arrested, her work could have led to a DIF intervention if local authorities decided that the child’s rights were violated, even if they are already of legal age. However, the absence of official complaint or official data about their age and the legal status prohibits evaluation of whether there is a legal jurisdiction to act.

These types of cases Visible tension between cultural practices rooted in family discipline and the current legal framework that seeks to eliminate all kinds of violence against minors. The general discussion is not only about the legality of the law, but also to the social perception of what “education” means in the contexts of inequality, violence and lack of access to positive reproduction resources.

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