Medzmama, a Marashtsi survivor of the Armenian Genocide, never chided the little ones when they pooped in their pants. She simply asked, "Kantz mu ounis?" which translates from Armenian into English, "Do you have a treasure?"
How different from a relative recently arrived from Beirut who advised Marash Girl to light a match, blow it out and immediately (while the distinguished match was still hot) touch it to the bottom of the child who had just pooped in his/her pants. "That'll teach them never to do that again," she assured Marash Girl.
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