I didn't realize when I told my young son that I had eyes in the back of my head that he would actually believe it! It wasn't until he was about 8 years old and actually saw my scalp that he admitted he had believed me the whole time! He was angry at me for lying to him!
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- I really believed, underneath her hair, my mom had an eye in the back of her head.— Jessica