When I was young, I used to suck my thumb all the time and my Mom couldn't seem to get me to stop. Then one day at the dentist's office, he said to her that if I didn't stop sucking my thumb, it'd push my teeth out. He meant that it would make my teeth crooked, but I thought that I'd really push them out of my mouth! That scared the habit out of me.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- My mom used to tell me that if I sucked my thumb, my teeth would get so bent up, they would all fall out— I dont suck my thumb anymore
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon