Growing up, I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth, my teeth would grow in like a Walrus's. Needless to say, my unexplained childhood paranoia led to exceptionally good oral hygiene and have only had 1 cavity to date...and I'm now 27! Parents: Don't get any crazy ideas about instilling this fear into your children to get them to brush. At the time I was horrified and scared senseless! Very traumatizing.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe when i was about 4 (now 15) that dinosours died because they didn't brush their teeth— gullable
- I used to think that cockroaches would visit your house if you didn't brush your teeth.Anon
- I thought "Angel of the Moring", by Juice Newton said "just brush me teeth before you leave me"!!!Anon
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon