Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My mom told me if I picked my nose, I would get cancer.— xxXSaraXxx
- My sisters once told me if I blinked too much I would get cancer.
How mean... D:— Budster - My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- One time my brother asked my mom why mosquitoes bite. She said it was because children are bad.— sue