19 Parents Admit the Lies They’ve Told Their Children

by Irvi Torremoro

12.

My daughter was afraid of monsters at night, like all kids. So I gave her a potato masher and told her it was a magic stick that keeps monsters away if she sleeps with it by her pillow.

13.

Whenever my cousin accidentally swears in front of her young kids, she blames it on her “time as a pirate”.

14.

Told my daughter that if she ate watermelon seeds, they’d sprout and grow in her tummy.

15.

I told one of my daughters that the small deposit slot in front of the walled/glassed cashier desks at the bank is the employees door. It’s maybe 30×50 cms.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.