Parents will literally do anything in their power to keep the truth from their kids — so admit it, your parents told you at least half of these lies at some point during your childhood. We’ll never truly forgive them for doing this to us. They are the reason we have trust issues.
1. If you swallow gum, it’ll get stuck in your stomach for seven years
Who gave you this information and why did you believe them?
2. Stop crossing your eyes or else they’ll get stuck like that
3. Santa Claus, the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny…
This was the moment we lost complete trust in our parents.
4. If you sit too close to the TV you’ll go blind
And I still have 20/20 vision…
5. If you stare at the microwave while it’s cooking something you’ll go blind
Again, where did you find this information?
6. You can’t go swimming for an hour after eating
An hour as kid felt like an eternity.
7. Reading in the dark will make you go blind
Always going to the extreme.
8. I don’t have any money
Okay, not even enough for one Barbie?!
9. If you swallow watermelon seeds a a tree will grow in your stomach
Do you know how scared so many of us were to bite into a piece of watermelon with a hidden seed!?
10. If you don’t drink milk, you won’t grow
But I’ve never drank milk. Explain that.
11. Drinking coffee will stunt your growth
Coffee is the key to survival.
12. Touching a toad will give you warts
Don’t tell me it won’t turn into prince charming either.
13. Carrots improve your vision
Stop.
14. If you pull out one grey hair, two more will grow back
Or maybe it’s genetic? I heard it comes with old age too.
15. You’ll understand when you’re older
Because we still understand nothing 10 years later.