Whenever I was about to be smacked for doing something naughty (which was quite often) I used to cover my closed eyes with my hands. I used to think because I couldn't see my mum or dad, they couldn't see me..therefore they couldn't smack me!!...eerrrr how wrong was I?
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes other people couldn't see me.Anon
- I can remember thinking that is I hid my eyes, and couldn't see anybody that they couldn't see me.Anon
- I used to believe that if I closed one eye, the people on that side couldn't see me.— KM
- When I was a year old, I believed if I hid my face, my mother couldn't see me because I couldn't see her.— kimberly dianne(:
- I used to believe that dragonflies could sew your lips together so that you couldn't eat. — Lori
- I used to think grown ups couldn't lie...especially not to kids.— Jessica