Lies you’ve told your kids, and lies you were told as a kid

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I told my daughter honey was bee vomit.

And for me, as a child...

1) whilst learning to talk, dad would point to things like a coffee cup and tell me it was a greenhouse (or similar)

2) a few months later, while in the ‘rabbiting on endlessly’ phase, he told me people were born with a certain number of words, and I had to be careful not to run out. As evidence, he pointed out that very old people are in general quite quiet.

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williamp said:

Just remember a lovely one, from when I was scared as a young child and my Grandad comforted me. It what I say to my children:

Thunder is just the Angels rearranging the furniture

That is bloody brilliant, and I will definitely use that!