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Chancla: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture through Nonviolent Parenting
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Expected publication August 18, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Much gratitude to NetGalley and Little, Brown Spark for this ARC.
After finishing this book, I needed a few days to sit with its message... because how do you write a review for a book that feels this timely, necessary, and significant? In Chancla, Leslie Priscilla draws on her expertise as an educator and parenting coach to confront the healing work the Latine/Latinx community must do, not only to process the trauma we have endured, but to prevent that trauma from being passed on to future generations.
At the heart of this book is a powerful call to decolonize - ourselves as individuals, our families, and our approaches to parenting. As Priscilla emphasizes throughout, children are sacred and deserve respect, care, and nurturing. Cycles are broken, she argues, only when we consciously transform the harmful aspects of our culture into practices rooted in love, safety, and accountability.
While the material can be difficult to confront, Priscilla’s writing is clear, compassionate, and accessible. She avoids academic or unapproachable language, weaving professional insight with personal stories and real-life examples that feel honest and deeply relatable.
Though Chancla is written with the Latine/Latinx community in mind, parents of all backgrounds will find invaluable lessons here. As a (step)parent and a Latina with healing work of my own, I’m deeply grateful this book exists, and I know it will remain a trusted guide for many years to come.
After finishing this book, I needed a few days to sit with its message... because how do you write a review for a book that feels this timely, necessary, and significant? In Chancla, Leslie Priscilla draws on her expertise as an educator and parenting coach to confront the healing work the Latine/Latinx community must do, not only to process the trauma we have endured, but to prevent that trauma from being passed on to future generations.
At the heart of this book is a powerful call to decolonize - ourselves as individuals, our families, and our approaches to parenting. As Priscilla emphasizes throughout, children are sacred and deserve respect, care, and nurturing. Cycles are broken, she argues, only when we consciously transform the harmful aspects of our culture into practices rooted in love, safety, and accountability.
While the material can be difficult to confront, Priscilla’s writing is clear, compassionate, and accessible. She avoids academic or unapproachable language, weaving professional insight with personal stories and real-life examples that feel honest and deeply relatable.
Though Chancla is written with the Latine/Latinx community in mind, parents of all backgrounds will find invaluable lessons here. As a (step)parent and a Latina with healing work of my own, I’m deeply grateful this book exists, and I know it will remain a trusted guide for many years to come.
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