My dad used to tell me that if I didn't eat all my dinner, then a monster would chase me around the house. I believed him for years.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - I used to believe that my grandma's chandelier would grow wings and chase me and kill me.— Katrien
- When I was little I believed that a night a monster will came and kill me.❤️🥺— @natalia_rd_
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon
- My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth