My older cousin told me that If I slept with the light on, and it was still on past 12:00am, The police would come and arrest my parents and me. Mortified that I would get arrested, and still believing in the boogieman when it was dark, I would go to sleep before dark. I beleived that until I was 7, when finally, I asked my dad about this scary law. I was relieved.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous
- If the lights in the car were on, you'd get arrested by the policeAnon
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.