When my cousins were younger (they are now in their 30s), they believed that their parents removed all the dead cowboys and indians from the back of the television when they went to bed.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you had a cousin twice-removed, they had died and came back to life twice.— Amanda
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- As a child I believed I could get sucked into the television. — Deb