My parents told me that if I got hit in the head while I was crossing my eyes they would stay that way
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- I used to beleive if i crossed my eyes they'd stay like that.. haha— L Bennett