I had a really bad habit of sucking my thumb, and I sucked it until I was 9 years old. (the only reason I stopped was because of an expander in my mouth. There just wasn't room for my thumb anymore!) My grandpa used to tell me all the time that if I kept sucking my thumb, I would grow a monkey's tale!! It just made me suck it more
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g