From being told they're 'allergic to sugar' to threats that the plane will turn around if they misbehave, the lies - often told by parents or by mean elder siblings - left a lasting impression on the Reddit users.
Every parent wants the best for their child, but used extreme tactics to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
每位父母都是為了孩子好,但有時為了鼓勵孩子培養(yǎng)健康的生活方式,他們會采取一些非常手段。
One Reddit user was told the 'candy next to the checkout line' at the supermarket was not for sale.
有網(wǎng)友說,大人告訴他/她,“超市收銀臺旁邊的糖果不是賣的”。
'My mom told me that rice cakes were cookies,' one person wrote.
另一網(wǎng)友寫道:“我媽告訴我米糕就是曲奇。”
'Mine went straight for telling me I was allergic to sugar,' said another.
還有網(wǎng)友表示:“我媽直接告訴我,我對糖過敏。”
Other people were told lies by parents wanting some privacy in the bedroom - and it was not until adulthood that they realised the real reason the door was shut.
'The door is locked because mummy was helping daddy hang a picture behind the door and we didn't want you to open it and hit us,' one person wrote.
有網(wǎng)友寫道:“他們告訴我,媽媽正在幫爸爸往門后面掛畫,不讓我開門是怕門會撞到他們。”
But it's not just parents who fuel the rumour mill around the home.
但在家里散播謠言的可不止父母。
'My sister, who is 13 years older than me, was angry when I lost my first tooth and got a dollar, instead of the quarter she received when she lost her first tooth,' one person wrote.
'As I danced around in my pajamas holding my crisp new dollar bill, my sister poked her head out of room and said, "Man, a dollar? Just wait until the leg fairy comes, you'll get, like, twenty dollars".
'When I said that I'd never heard of this leg fairy, she explained that, when my kid legs fall off and my adult legs start to grow in, I'll have to just kind of hop around on my butt for a year or so, but I'll have the twenty bucks.
'The worst part was that the barber would play along.'
“最可怕的是理發(fā)師也會跟著附和!”
THE BIGGEST LIES TOLD TO KIDS
孩子們聽過的彌天大謊
'If I touched something I wasn't supposed to... It would turn into a million spiders.'
“如果我碰了不該碰的東西……它就會變成一百萬只蜘蛛。”
'When I was a child my dad told me that I used to have a tail. He said that he had to cut off because I kept turning into a giant monkey and started destroying everything during the full moon.'