I babysat a child who told me the tv watched him and would tell on him when he did something bad. Perhaps his parents told him that, or he got that from a kid's show where the host said "hello" or "happy birthday" to a child with the same name. It made him a very well behaved child.
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- When I was a child my mom told me that when it rained it was because the baby Jesus was crying.— Tatiana
- that as I grew up, my parents would "grown down," then I would be the Mom and Mom would be my child.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that my parents WERE superheroes at night.
Anon - I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- My sister told me as a child that ravioli was 'hedgehog' meat.
Still can't eat it today.......— Sal Myers - I was told as a child to eat the dark parts of a banana, because it was really brown sugar.Anon