14 BIGGEST LIES Parents Tell Their Kids!

 

14 Biggest Lies Parents Tell Their Kids 14.

 No more ice cream- Many children rushed outside as soon as they heard the music from the ice cream truck.

 Many kids beg and plead their parents for money to buy ice cream and all sorts of treats and snacks that will make you hyper.

 Some parents might give in, but some parents know that saying “no” will just lead to tantrums and crying.

 So what do they do?

 Well, they come up with the best excuse possible guaranteed to make you stop pestering them.

 They tell you a sad story that the ice cream truck only plays music when they’ve run out of ice cream and are now just a music truck and the kids run up to the truck to request music.

 Great cover up mom!

 13.

 Your pet ran away- One day you come home from school, and you find Spot or Fido gone.

 You ask your mom and dad where he is and they suddenly have this horrid look on their face, and they tell you that he ran away.

 You insist on making flyers to post around the neighborhood for his safe return, but your mom refuses because she said he'd gone too far.

 While there is a small percentage that your pet did run away, most parents can’t bear the thought of breaking your heart.

 So, for now, all you have are the treasured memories of you and your beloved pet until you get a bit older and your family reveals the truth.

 12.

 Going out with wet hair can make you sickMoms know best right?

 So, of course, she’s right when she said going out with wet hair can make you sick.

 But this is just a myth.

 Most people who believe that a wet head will lead to the flu might also think that all of your body heat escapes through their head.

 But in actuality, you lose just as much heat through other parts of your body like your arm or leg.

 Most mothers use this as a tactic to convince their children to stay warm through the cold weather and to dress warmly in the proper clothing.

 11.

 Sitting too close to the tv screen will damage your eyesight- There’s nothing scarier than a mom threatening to ban you from reading tv if you sit too close to the screen.

 But as children, we can’t help but sit inches away because we’re excited about reading cartoons.

 It all started when the first general electric tv became available to the public.

 In the 1960's General Electric informed consumers that color TVs emitted x-rays as a result of a factory error.

 Sitting at close range could be harmful, and General Electric finally recalled the defective TVs.

 But today, sitting too close to a television screen will not damage your eyes, but it can give you eye strain.

 In fact, children can focus at close distances without getting eyestrain better than adults.

 So this is why kids often develop the habit of sitting too close to the screen.

 The good part is as children age, this pattern lessens and eventually disappears over time.

 10.

 The stork brings babies- It’s every parent’s favorite question; where do babies come from?

 Many of us might’ve been told that newborns were bought at the store or that the stork brought babies.

 These were traditional tales to tell to children who were deemed too young to understand.

 Storks have been linked to children for centuries, and in Greek mythology, Hera turned her enemy into a stork when the woman tried to steal her son.

 And in Egyptian mythology, the stork was associated with a person’s soul and their return.

 So these stories aren’t too far fetched.

 But your parents probably won’t talk about the birds and the bees until you’re much older.

 9.

 Drinking coffee will stunt your growth- When we were younger, we all wanted to know what coffee tasted like.

 Many parents said that coffee was only for adults and that drinking it too early could stunt your growth.

 But is it true?

 No, it’s not, and it’s something parents tell their children because coffee contains caffeine and we don’t want you acting all crazy!

 Too much caffeine can result in upset stomach, headaches, difficulty sleeping and concentrating, and raised heart rate in both adults and children.

 Although the United States hasn’t developed proper guidelines for kids and caffeine intake, most doctors would say kids should get no more than 45 milligrams of caffeine a day.

 So by telling you that coffee stunts your growth is just another lie to keep you from sneaking a sip from dad’s coffee mug.

 8.

 If you keep making that face, it’ll get stuck like that forever!

 Whether you’re sticking out or tongue, crossing your eyes or flaring your nose, we all thought it was hilarious and fun!

 Until we were spotted by our mothers making wacky faces and they told us if we kept doing it, we would be stuck with that permanent face forever!

 Nothing scared us more, so we stopped.

 But as we got older, we know that this is just a myth, and there’s no recorded evidence of anyone’s face or eyes getting stuck as a result of making creative faces.

 On a serious note, 5% of U.S. adults and children suffer from Strabismus or misaligned eyes and are born with this condition.

 Fortunately, there are ways to treat it that are efficient and safe.

 7.

 Carrots can improve your eyesight- As a kid, you probably remember your mom telling you to eat all of your carrots to give you better vision, even x-ray vision.

 While that would be nice, many kids were disappointed to learn that it didn’t do that.

 The idea that carrots provided supervision first started during war times.

 The British came up with this bizarre tale to trick the Germans into thinking their pilots had advanced vision from eating carrots.

 But in actuality, radar technology gave them this ability.

 Carrots do contain beta-carotene which is turned into Vitamin A by the body, which is still beneficial for your eyes but sadly won’t give you x-ray vision.

 6.

 Swallowing watermelon seeds can cause a watermelon to grow inside of you- Watermelon is an ideal fruit in the summertime.But parents warned their children to avoid the seeds or else swallowing one could cause a watermelon to grow in our belly.

 This terrified us as young kids, and we tried very hard to spit them all out.

 But then came that one day when we accidently swallowed one and when we ran to tell our moms what happened, she just laughed.

 Luckily for us, consuming these small seeds can pass right through our system, and it was just a clever way for our moms to make sure we didn’t ingest too many seeds.

 While the percentage is small, some complications from swallowing seeds can damage an intestine, or it could pose a choking hazard.

 5.

 Playing with frogs will give you warts- Finding a frog or a toad in the backyard was something that made us all happy and excited as kids because we don’t see these animals every day.

 Most of us were on the hunt to catch them and put them in box or jar for safe keeping to show all our friends and family.

 But when we showed the frog to mom or dad, they freaked out and said to let it go free, and if you kept handling it, you could end up with warts!

 Well actually, warts are only transmitted through human viruses, not through reptiles!

 Warts are similar to catching a cold and can only be passed on through touch.

 However, frogs and toads excrete poisons through their skin to protect themselves from predators.

 4.

 You must wait half an hour before swimmingGoing to the pool was a luxury as a kid, and we spent all day splashing around.

 We even scarfed down our food as fast as could so that we could go back into the water.

 But then our parents warned us that if we jumped into the water too soon, we could get cramps or get sick.

 We had to wait at least thirty minutes or else!

 As a child, thirty minutes seemed forever, but we still waited.

 After we eat, the body circulates more blood to speed up the digestion process.

 So with less blood to tend to our muscles, this leaves us easily prone to cramps; especially if you’re using the muscles more than what the body can handle.

 So while your mom wasn’t completely wrong, she definitely exaggerated it a bit.

 3.

 Reading in the dark will make you go blindWe all remember the time when we switched on the flashlight to read our favorite book in the dark.

 But of course, we got caught when our parents opened our bedroom door to check on us.

 Our parents threatened we would go blind if we continued to read in the dark but we did it anyway.

 While reading in the dark won’t make you go blind, it definitely puts pressure on your eyes which can lead to headaches and eyestrain.

 Many ophthalmologists state that reading in the dark is safe, whether it’s in a bad lighting or not.

 While it may create some fatigue, it can't hurt your eyes in any way.

 2.

 Your nose will grow if you lie- Many young kids were terrified when they were told by their parents that their nose would grow if they lied.

 Especially after reading Pinocchio, no one wanted a nose that long!

 Many of us would cover up our noses when we fibbed, thinking that we could hide it from parents.

 But of course, our parents saw right through us and knew immediately that we weren’t telling the truth.

 This genius tactic is used by many parents to teach their young kids not to lie.

 As we got older, most of us found it funny, but it definitely scared us when we were younger.

 1.

 Disneyland Lies- Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, so it’s no surprise that it’s every kid’s dream to go there!

 But it seems like every time we asked to go to Disneyland, something always came up.

 Parents came up with the most creative excuses to tell their kids.

 You either had to be personally invited by Mickey Mouse, you had to be on good behavior to go or that Disneyland was closed.

 While most parents mean well, they made up these lies because they either didn’t have the time or were on a budget.

 Most parents will go out of their way to make their children happy, but it sure made us sad when we couldn’t go.