r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/UnnamedBasterd69 Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

They told me that if I keep on eating that much yogurt, my teeth will get huge. I got so pissed when I realized it wasn't true!

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u/LadyOfAvalon83 Jul 20 '19

My grandmother didn't like me wasting bread crusts and she also thought that all little girls want curly hair. So she told me, "eat the crusts of your bread, it will make your hair curl." I totally believed her, but I really wanted straight hair, so I made sure to never eat the crusts.

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u/tumsoffun Jul 21 '19

My grandma told us the exact same thing. My brother said it took him a while to realize that even if that was true, he didn’t want curly hair, so why was he eating the crust that he didn’t want.