My daughter believed I had eyes in the back of my head because I told her so to explain how I knew when she did something wrong. She tried to part my hair to look for them when I took a nap. This admission came when she was about 20 years old.
A childhood belief about family

you weren't the only one
31 of you believed this
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups, mothers in particular really did have eyes in the backs of their heads.Anon
- This little kid i know told me that his mom had eyes in the back of her head and he couldn't do any bad stuff!— liz