7 Lies We All Believed as Children

LIES

Remember all those ‘tall tales’ our parents told us as children that we passed on to our children without knowing whether they were true? These are some of the well-loved and most hated “white lies” our parents ever uttered.

I didn’t care that it was bitter because I loaded it with enough creamer and sugar to float the Titanic. Even after my mom told me the same thing as another forum user: “Coffee will stunt your growth. My parents and teachers told me this. Turns out they didn’t want me wired on caffeine.”

Drinking Coffee

If you were born before 1990, the chances are your parents told you that swallowing gum would leave you with a wad of gum in your stomach for seven years. Thankfully, this is all a myth; still, many other posters also believed “That it takes seven years to digest chewing gum.”

Chewing Gum

This respondent said, my parents said, “If you touch a baby bird that fell from its nest, the mother won’t accept it or will abandon it.”

Baby Birds

Another participant shared a common myth that parents tell their children, “My Great-Grandmother would always warn us that if you looked at a microwave while it was on, you’d go blind because the microwaves could shoot out and cook your eyes.” I also got the “carrots are good for your eyes” speech as a child.

Microwave Vision

A respondent from Peru shared some common myths from their country on the forum. “Where I live in Peru, they give babies dry wine to help them learn to talk. Also, they believe drinking cold beverages will make you sick and that you’ll get cancer if you don’t hide behind the fridge door when you open it.

Pardon Peru

This interested party shares their parent’s advice for keeping a full head of lush hair and your health. “I loved to wear caps as a kid. My mom would always tell me that wearing a hat will make you go bald. Also, you’ll get sick if you go outside with wet hair (or without a jacket).”

No Hair Don’t Care

I’ve been hearing this one since I was little, and it did nothing to make me stop my “bad” habit. I wasn’t the only one who listened to this warning: “Cracking knuckles is bad for you. Cracking your knuckles increases the chance of arthritis.”

Cracking Knuckles

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