I used to think that cavemen parents would punish their kids by making them sit on ants. My parents never hit me, and when I misbehaved, they threatened to call out the ants.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- In primary school, a whole bunch of kids including me believed that watermelon seeds contained ants. — Caff
- I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...— Tam
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon
- I used to believe that snakes don't have legs cause ants bit them of.— Lulzy
- my dad used to tell me that if I ate in bed that ants would come out at night and eat my eyeballs!— jeps
- My cousin used to believe the singers in the radio were ants....— EJH