When I was 5 years old, my friend's mom told us that if we watched to much tv, our eyes would turn square, and they would never go back to normal shape! I was so scared, and we didn't watch much tv after that...
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to be told that if you watched too much TV your eyes would turn square. — Amy
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- i used to believe that i really would end up with square eyes if i watched too much tvAnon
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth