When I was a child, my mother said that I did not have to watch a lot of television, so she believed that if I watched a lot of television I would go blind, so when I watched a lot of television and my eyes felt tired, I was scared because I thought I would go blind.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I could jump through the television and be where the people were on television.— Ash
- As a child I believed I could get sucked into the television. — Deb
- My parents used to tell me watching television turns your eyes square.— Ruth
- last time when the television was on i thought the people were performing in it -.-
— irritated kid - When I was around four, I thought every black man on television was Bill Cosby.— Linda
- i used to think that if you were blind you had to have your eyes closed. Anon