In an attempt to get me to stop sucking my thumb, my parents told me that they passed a new law, and it was now illegal to suck your thumb. They went as far as inviting a cop friend over to the house to scare me. I was so terrified of being arrested and taken to jail, that i quit the next day. I didnt find out until a few years later that it was all a joke.
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- 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 that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat