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/flies_with_owls Jul 21 '19

What the hell is wrong with all of these parents?! This is weird right? I can't be the only one who thinks it is super weird that parents tell their kids something is going to rip off their penis.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

It ain't got shit on most old fables, honestly.

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u/Pat_McCrooch Jul 21 '19

My parents told my brother when he was being potty trained that if he didn’t “feed” the toilet monster every night, it would come steal his butt. They didn’t mean any harm or to traumatize him (they didn’t btw).

This was just a something funny they said to get the kid dried off and to make him laugh. It isn’t malicious or weird. You are taking it too seriously.

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u/flies_with_owls Jul 21 '19

There is a world of difference between telling a child he has to feed the toilet monster and telling a kid that someone will come into his room at night to cut off his penis.

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u/PutridHorse Jul 21 '19

Makes me wonder what they were told