I used to believe that my mom seriously had eyes in the back of her head and could read my mind. So when she got mad at me and yelled, I would think something bad about her and stick my tongue out, and then I would be all "Oops!"
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- I used to believe that you had to have your eyes closed and your tongue sticking out for you to be dead! — pinkgreencrazy
- When I was little I would always say in my mind, "I know you can read my mind", just in caseAnon