As most parents do, mine told me I was dropped on my head as a baby. Throughout my life I had often told people in conversation that the doctor had dropped me on my head unaware of the fact that my parents had told me that as a joke. I didn't relize this until I was in eighth grade.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it. — Teresa
- Until I tried it in 3rd grade, my parents told me that if I ate paper my poop would come out in packages.— The Mailman
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- My father told me if I farted, my head would cave in!— Jae
- My dad always told me to never hold my sneeze and if I did, then my head will explode.— anon.