{"id":49442,"date":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/49442\/6-things-our-lebanese-moms-used-to-threaten-us-with"},"modified":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"6-things-our-lebanese-moms-used-to-threaten-us-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/49442\/6-things-our-lebanese-moms-used-to-threaten-us-with\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things Our Lebanese Moms Used To Threaten Us With"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Lebanese moms are very peculiar when it comes to many things, including dealing with children. Kids can be a handful, so it is understandable that moms get impatient and use unorthodox methods to force kids into behaving. Here is a list of the strangest things Lebanese moms use when it comes to disciplining: <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><Big>1. Em R3aydi<\/b><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>  \u2028\u2028<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l0HlC04unbtsnxT68\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <big>This is a favorite for many Lebanese mothers. A regular natural phenomena turned into a wild beast\/witch that kidnaps children is an effective way to make kids behave\u2026and develop a couple of phobias along the way.<\/big>\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><Big>2. The Police <\/b><\/big><\/big>\u2028\u2028<br \/>  \u2028\u2028<br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/v5LK5XjXh5SyA\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <big>It is also very common for Lebanese moms to threaten to call the police on her kid who\u2019s misbehaving\u2026what is the prison sentence for a kid who\u2019s not eating his broccoli? <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><Big>3. * Points at total stranger * this man will hit\/kidnap you if you don\u2019t stop crying <\/b><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3o6gDPXMNxFhvHdcf6\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <Big>No wonder kids grow up to become introverts! Listen lady, I\u2019m just having my coffee minding my own business, do not involve me in your disciplining process.<\/big>\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><Big>4. Counting to three <\/b><\/big><\/big>\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/37.media.tumblr.com\/0036ef02f1e02a824707d062bcc901df\/tumblr_mg7dq91Cr51s1je0fo1_500.gif\"width=\"100%\">\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  <big>Here\u2019s the thing, no one ever knows what comes after three. No one has dared to ever find out. All we know is that when your mom raises her hand and says \u201cwa7ad, \u2026\u201d you run! <\/big>\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  \u2028\u2028<B><Big><Big>5. 7arr <\/b><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thejolipantrydotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/g8-chop-chili.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <Big>Every Lebanese mom has used the good old chili threat at some point. If the child lies or misbehaves in any way, he is threatened with force feeding him chili. So sick!<\/big>\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><Big>6. The famous flip flop <\/b><\/big><\/big>\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/cF3CBq0iDEjfy\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  \u2028\u2028<Big>Lebanese moms have the best aim with those damn things! Run, dodge, and hope for the best! <\/big>\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>Lebanese moms are very peculiar when it comes to many things, including dealing with children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":411183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-49442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[46],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 Things Our Lebanese Moms Used To Threaten Us With<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lebanese moms are very peculiar 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