Which sentence from Barrio Boy gives the word mother a negative connotation?
You never knew when a compadre or comadre, of your aunt, or your uncle, or your father, or your mother was watching.
And if the offense was considered serious, the voice would say, "You will see, I am going to tell your mother."
"My mother sends greetings and says may God give you a good day, and here is an egg."
That evening at the meson, José and my mother and I reread Gustavo's letter, the last we had received in Mazatlan.