My mom use to tell us if we sat close to the TV we'd have to wear glasses. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I don't sit close to the TV, and I wont let my kids do it either.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- I used to believe that if you were blind you could wear glasses and you'd be able to see again— Jane
- I used to believe that people who wear glasses did had a second brain!— Onessa
- i use to believe that all people who wear glasses were catholic....dont even ask me why???Anon
- One kid I know believed that because I wear glasses, it wouldn't hurt if he poked my eye.Anon
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter