My mom would always tell me and my brother that we need to drink our milk because it made our bones and teeth smile...this somewhat freaked me out because I thought if they could smile they must have minds of their own... maybe that's why i became a vegan...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- Chocolate, they say, rots your teeth. I believed if you drank chocolate milk, your bones would be brown.— Dellio
- My friend believed that when lightening flashed, you better smile because God was taking your picture! — Linda from Southern California
- when i was young i thought god was a cloud, big white fluffy cloud floating around with 2 eyes and a smile. — kerrie
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- My brother used to be scared to poop in the potty. He thought that he was pooping out his bones.— Lillyth
- I used to believe that brown cows made chocolate milk and white cows made regular milk.— andrew mient