family

When I was little my father would tell my sister and me that if a boy kisses you your nose would fall off. I learned he was lying when a oy kissed me on the chhek

saphire

Even though I have the most caring parents in the world; the Fairy Tale "Hansel and Gretel" scared the crap outta me and I always used to freak out when I was with my parents alone driving out in the middle of nowhere. For some reason I kept thinking they were going to drop me and my brothers and sisters off and leave us stranded. Many of my childhood road trips left me with memories of being terrified!

Olivia

When I was little I thought that parents had kids just so they could eat them. I remember sitting in the car once as my mom talked to one of her friends and I swore they were talking about ways to cook me.

EmStrange

I used to think that my godparents were fairy godparents, so every time I would come over to their house, I would walk up to my godmother and say, "Christine, I wish I had a pony." She would be like, "Uh....ok." One day, I got pretty fed up that they were not granting my wishes so in the middle of the visit I yelled, "You're fired!"

Kat is still wishing

Once when I played with wet paint and got it all over me, my brother told me I would get "a lickin" when dad got home. I thought that meant I would get a popsicle. Boy was I suprised!

Bill

Thank Mork and Mindy and my very eccentric father, but I was a firm believer that my mom (who was from another country) and my dad (because he said he was) were aliens. We heard the word alien a lot around the house, so it was quite possible that our parents were aliens and my dad hatched my mom. So I concluded that my mom came from the egg, like Mork. My dad hatched her and loved her, like Mindy loved Mork, and one day we were all going to be picked up while we were driving because the moon was always following us. So it had to be waiting for us to stop so it could pick us up. I mean obvious right?

Egg child from Na-noo-nanoo

My mom's family lives in Florida and we live in KY. Growing up my family would make the family trip to Florida every year. She would always say," We are going to Florida" and we would always stay with my aunt donna once there. For the longest time, I thought that my aunt donna's name was actually Aunt Florida. No one ever correct me, they thought it was hilarious. Still to this day, I sometimes want to call her Aunt Florida instead of Aunt Donna

Anon

I grew up with my mom listening to country music on the stereo in the living room. She told me for years that the stereo would explode if we ever turned the station. I was terrified when my brother came running in to tell me I had to listen to a song by Styx, Paradise Theater.. I was soo scared as he turned it to the rock station. wait... mom lied!

kathi

I used to believe that my mom had surveillance cameras everywhere I went and could always see what I was doing

Mikhail

I read a poem entitled My Sister Laura. My mom's name is Laura and she has two younger siblings so I thought one of them had written it.

Anon

I used to believe that when i got older my nan would become my mum.Because she was my mum's mother, she would have to become mine at some point,as well.

Kim

Waking my mum up is never a good idea, so when my dad told my sister and I that the Incredible Hulk had broken into our house looking for a warm bed only to wake up my mum and be chased out of town, not only did we believe him but we wouldn't talk to our mum as she'd robbed us of our chance to meet him!

CFC 4 Life

For years now I have been telling my daughter (now 11) that the hospital sends every new mother home with a book about how to embarrass their kids. She said she asked her Dad and he didn't know anything about it. "Of course," I said, "Dads don't get to see the book." She has asked any number of other mothers, some of them total strangers, and they ALL, God bless them, have looked completely serious and told her it's absolutely true!

Bad Mom

My husband's mother died when my son was 5 years old. My husband told him that, "Grandma will be with you where ever you go, watching over you." For the next several weeks, my son would cover up with a towel before taking a bath or undressing and would insist on wearing the towel during his bath. We thought this behavior was quite strange so I asked him what was wrong and he whispered to me, "Grandma's with me and I don't want her to see me."

Michelle

When I was young , my Mom's answer to everything was "Heaven only know's" As my brother's name was Kevin , I thought she kept saying "Kevin only know's" Boy did I think he was smart!

Lisa

When I was about 6, my brother told me I was adopted and all the pictures of me in the delivery room were really him. He also told me my parents really didn't love me. I actually believed him for several years.

Ali

I used to believe that my mother (who is 56) had grown up with Laura Ingalls Wilder. I was a big fan of the books and was excited to tell all my friends that my mom knew Laura, Pa, Mary, and Almanzo. They all thought this was very cool.

Anon

I used the believe that a baby could walk right after he or she was born. When my friend told my kindergarten class that she started walking at the age of one, I raised my hand and asked if something was wrong with her.

Kat

I used to believe that if I didn't use up a pencil within the week that I had first sharpened it, it would grow back into a tree. Needless to say, my mom was very angry when she had to buy new pancils all the time!

Anon

My granddad would tell me that the bread crusts would make my hair grow curly. I always wanted curly hair, so also ate my crusts.

Anon