When I was 3 or 4, I pulled a chair up behind my mom one evening and started picking through her hair. When asked what I was doing, I told her I was looking for the eyes in the back of her head.
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