When I was a child my mother never allowed us to have coffee only tea. When I asked her why she said that it would give you spots and make you bad tempered!This was a rule until I got to the age of about 14. Then I developed spots and I became bad tempered. So I said to my mum well I'm both of which you said I would become without drinking coffee, so now I might as well start drinking coffee. Even to this day whenever I am visting my Mum and drinking a cup of coffee I remind her of this.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- Drinking coffee before your 12 yrs, old will make the white in your eyes turn brown.— dawn b.
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to believe that coffee was tea with milk in it.Anon
- I used to think it was illegal for children to drink coffee— C.W.