I used to believe that if you suck your thumb too much, it would fall off the next day. My mom told me that to prevent me from sucking my thumb and I never sucked my thumb again. I'm 20 and am still afraid to suck my thumb. I will tell my future kids that if they don't stop sucking their thumb
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- 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 was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- If you suck your thumb it would eventually go black, shrivel up and fall off.— Charlotte
- 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