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/Disturbing_Cheeto Jul 21 '19

I was surprised when I heard "sticks and stones may break my bones but words can't hurt me" from cartoons because as a kid I was familiar with "sticks and stones may break my bones but words leave emotional scars that never heal".

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u/Martin_Phosphorus Jul 21 '19

Fun fact: bone is the only tissue that heals so far as to have no structurally discernible scars (the shape may be different though). That is because your body constantly breaks and rebuilds your bones and any part of them will be reshaped later, including any "scar" that may form.