Lies Our Parents Told Us

Remember as a kid, all those crazy things you were told by parents? And then you grew up to learn many of them weren’t true? And the horror! To think they were capable of lying!

For fun, many of those untruths are listed below. Some you might never heard of, but they will all give you good ideas to try on your own kids! And by all means, if you have any to add to the list, please put them in the comments section!

–Diva Kimberly

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Lies…

The car won’t start until everyone has on a seat belt.
Don’t cross your eyes like that or they’ll stick.
Don’t make that face or it will stay that way.
I have eyes in the back of my head.
Don’t play with that frog; you’ll get warts.
Don’t pee in the pool; I’ve put a special chemical in it that turns red from the pee and everyone will know it was you.
We sent the dog to live on a farm. (For me as a kid, our dog was “sent to a farm in New Hampshire, with plenty of land so he could run, and roam, and be free!”)
It’s chicken.
If you eat that watermelon seed, it’ll grow in your stomach.
If you don’t eat your vegetables, no only will you not grow, you’ll start to shrink.
Don’t eat that raw hamburger (or hot dog) or you’ll get worms.
Finish the food on your plate; there are starving people in Africa.
Never drink straight from the can; people with warts pack those cans.
Are you telling the truth? Let me see your tongue…if it’s there’s a black line running down the middle of it, then it means you’re lying.
No, I did not put onions in the dinner; it’s your imagination. (Or mushrooms, peppers, etc.) Besides, you can’t even taste it.
Don’t do that or you’ll go blind.