when my mum and dad wanted us to go to sleep they would pretend wee willie winkie was knocking on our bedroom door, for some reason we were all very scared when we heard the knocking and pretended to be asleep and immediatley did fall asleep...very effective!
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When I was a child i used to believe that if i did not fall asleep an elf would come for me Anon
- I used to think that when my arm would fall asleep that it was raining inside my armAnon
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- Whwn I was about 6 I used to think that if a crow bit you you would fall asleep for 100 years!— Lisa
- When I was younger, I wanted to marry Willie Nelson so I wouldn't have to change my name.— stacy
- If I pretend to sleep the ghost won't eat me
Anon