My son could never understand how I knew what he was doing when my back was turned (if it was naughty) and i told him that when mummys had babies they grew a second pair of "back eyes". From the age of three until almost five he would keep trying to find them.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- I used to believe that after I cut my stuffed animals hair that it really grew back! — Kristy
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- I thought baby back ribs were from actual babiesAnon