Every parent has told their kids a fair share of little white lies to make life a little easier. Children are so naive that they will believe anything an adult will tell them. So much so that even today we deep down still believe some of these misconceptions are true. These timeless myths are either too outrageous or too easy of an escape from an argument with a kid not to pass them on to the next generation.
1. The Ice Cream Truck plays music when it is out of ice cream.
Easiest way out of an argument with a kid... until the music turns off.
2. Or it's called the music truck.
For me, I learned that it was called the music truck, so every summer evening during dinner time the music truck would play, but I never understood why it played the same song every day.
3. Out of special coins.
Picture this : A trip to the mall with your kids, they get bored of shopping for grandma and spot the rides that move at most 4 inches. Only problem is, you don't have the special coins on you to make them start! Works every time and you can continue you're shopping with no ride interruptions.
4. If you unbutton your belly button, your legs will fall off.
In class, the teacher told us this and there was always one student that would reach under their shirt and try to untie their belly button.
5. Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Leprechauns, etc.
One year my brother asked for coal and Santa came through, he's always watching.
6. If you eat a watermelon seed, a watermelon tree will grow in your stomach.
Never eat the black seeds! White ones are safe to eat.
7."Your face will freeze like that."
If you've ever watched the movie Eloise, you would know that the mischievous little girl is always getting into trouble at her Plaza. Eloise makes a funny face at her annoyed neighbor who warns her "your face will freeze like that". Or that time Spongebob and Patrick did not listen to Mr. Crabs and also got their faces frozen in their silly positions.
8. Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis.
Whoever started this one most likely just hated the sound of cracking body parts.
9. “I will leave without you.”
By far the scariest threat any mother can make to their kid as they are throwing a tantrum in the middle of the food store.
10. The TV only works when it is raining.
A fantastic idea to tell kids to teach them to be outside and enjoy the weather when they can, or make them excited when it storms instead of scared.
11. Tapioca is fish eyes.
Enough said, learning this ruined tapioca for me.
12. Swallowing gum will stay in you for 7 years.
Tested and disproven, but I guess it is healthier to just throw it out.
13. Standing too close to the TV will damage your eyes.
With all the talk about screens damaging our eyes, surprisingly TV screens will do no harm no matter what the distance. It's the other screens to watch out for.
14. Eating carrots will improve your eyesight.
Carrots do not improve vision, but simply decrease the process of the eyes worsening.
15. Eating the crust on bread will give you curly hair.
I took the crust off all my sandwiches as a kid and still ended up with curly hair.
16. The President banned candy for kids under 12.
If you’re an avid Middle fan, you’d know that Frankie, the mother of three, told her youngest son Brick, who was begging for her to buy him a candy bar in the checkout line of the grocery store, the president banned candy for children under the age of 12. Poor Brick wrote a dozen letters to the president after hearing that one.
17. The family pet went to a farm.
Lets face is, it is a lot easier telling a five-year-old Fluffy went to play with its friends at the farm then Fluffy died.
18. Greasy foods make your freckles slide off.
Not sure if this makes kids want to eat more or less greasy foods now.
19. You have to wait 20 minutes after eating to swim again.
Starting to think this rule was just made to give parents an extra 20 minutes to not play lifeguard at a family pool party.
20. Don’t step on a crack, or you'll break your mother's back.
Mom, I love you, so still to this day I have never stepped on a crack and broke your back, you're welcome.
21. The Stork brings babies.
Save the birds and the bees talk till a later date, this is all that needs to be said to explain how your kids got stuck living under your dictation.
22. Wearing PJ's inside out/placing a spoon under your pillow will result in a snow day.
If this were true, there would be a clothing line out there specializing in inside-out PJs and a kitchen supply of spoons designed to fit perfectly under a pillow so we could have snow days everyday.
23. Bloody Mary.
Saying Bloody Mary three times in the bathroom with the faucet running was the most dare devilish thing anyone could do at age 9.
24. If you go outside in the cold with wet hair, you will get sick.
Technically speaking, it is the water in ears that will get cold and make you sick, not the wet hair.
25. Dig To China
If you dig a hole deep enough you'll reach China!
25. Pregnant women cannot go swimming or they will drown their baby.
It's just funny to see how many kids you can fool with this one.
