When I was about 7 or 8 years old my mom told me that if i break the TV screen it would suck me into a different world and she told me she knew someone who got sucked it. I Guess she told me to scare me out of breaking it.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- I thought break dancing involved actually breaking stuff!— Sydle
- My dad once told me when i was about 7 or 8 that if i watched too much t.v., i would be sucked into the tv.Anon
- someone told me that if u go to the bathroom on the toielt you would get sucked inn..— terrified child
- My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon