Whenever I played outside my parents would say that I could go as far as I like, so long as they could see me. And that if I could see them, they could see me. Using this logic I came to the conclusion that by closing my eyes, they wouldn't be able to see.
Many of my friends also had parents that told them this, and we had all come to the same conclusion. This made playing hide and seek very confusing.
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- I used to think being engaged meant being in jail. I have no idea how I came to that conclusion.— CNB
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I believed that wind was caused because the trees moved. I was completely sure my conclusion was correct.— Glenr
- My parents told me that when the ice cream van was playing music, it means he's run out of ice cream :(Anon
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth