My mother used the broom on my older brother. She’d chase him around the house with it.
One time, when he was sixteen, she was chasing after him with the broom, and he took it away from her. He said, “Ma, I’m too old for you to hit me with the broom!”
She said, “Fine!”
And then promptly removed her shoe, and chased after him with that. :)
I’m so glad I’m a girl. :p