My parents used to tell me if I didn't go to sleep the sandman wouldn't come. I was so scared to go to sleep because I imagined this little leprechaun sprinkling sand in my eyes while I slept.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!— *Rachel*
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- i used to think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone