When we were younger, my aunt and my mom told us that when we lied, a "mommy dot" showed up on our foreheads. Only mommies and aunts could see it, and it came only when we lied.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to think Indian women had scabs on their foreheads, but it was bindi!— Emily
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark
- i use to believe that when you died you were reborn, but you had different mommies and daddies— kimberly