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<h2>Don&#39;t eat a watermelon seed or you&#39;ll grow a plant in your stomach, gum takes seven years to digest, a silly expression will stay on your face permanently--being a kid can often mean filtering out a lot of terrifying misinformation.</h2><p>While adults can sometimes stretch the truth to get kids to follow the rules of the public pool or stay quiet on the seven hour car ride, many of the &quot;don&#39;t eat before swimming&quot; rules are just passed down through generations without a thought. Of course it&#39;s critically important to keep kids safe, but is it necessary to trick them into thinking they&#39;ll get arrested for crying in the cereal aisle at the grocery store? Is it truly the end of the world if you don&#39;t master writing in cursive or memorize the times tables?</p><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/pbb2rs/what_is_something_that_you_were_warned_about_when/r">Reddit </a>user asked, &quot;What is something that you were warned about when you were younger that you now feel was exaggerated?&quot; people were ready to share their favorite &quot;driving with a light on in the car is illegal,&quot; stories.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>Stranger danger is a real thing, but you&#39;re much more likely to be abused by someone you know. - MizElaneous</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>Your permanent record. I&#39;m 55, and nobody has ever asked me about the time I was sent to the principal&#39;s office when I was 16. - TooOldForACleverName</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>Mom warned me to &quot;avoid any girl who wanted to stick her tongue in my mouth (&#39;French kiss&#39;) because it would lead me astray.&quot; - Back2Bach</p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>Swallowing chewing gum - PennyPanda1</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>When my 5th grade teacher told us that 6th grade would be a lot harder - ingrid040317</p> </blockquote><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>My mom was obsessed with the idea that all bad sh*t only happened after midnight so that was my iron clad curfew.</p> <p>Guess what Mom? A ton of bad sh*t has happened to me in broad daylight. - PhillipLlerenas</p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>My parents both smoked before having kids, and my mom raised me on stories about how the first time she smoked a cigarette, she coughed so badly that she threw up. It made staying away from smoking cigarettes pretty easy, because I didn&#39;t want to puke!</p> <p>Once I was in college I brought up the story to her and she blinked like an owl caught in the sunlight. &quot;Wait, you believed me?&quot; She said. &quot;I was just trying to get you to not smoke. If smoking made me vomit, why do you think I smoked for 15 years?&quot;</p> <p>Good job, Mom! - AurelianoTampa</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>The requirement of &#39;having your sh*t together.&#39; Virtually everyone is in various stages of chaos, even if they give the appearance of having everything carefully planned. - FineBahnMi</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>How hard highschool is. Teachers always said you would have to smarten up in highschool and you would barely have time for anything. I crocheted my teacher a sweater for his dog in class once. I think I&#39;ll be okay - imatworkrn9</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was told in D.A.R.E. that people would constantly be offering me drugs and trying to get me high and it would be a constant struggle to turn them down. Imagine my disappointment. - MidvalleyFreak</p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>Killer bees! - AshamedFool</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>Stop playing with the computer you&rsquo;ll get dumb.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m a software engineer now - Then-Adhesiveness-70</p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>Apparently my face will not actually &quot;stay like that&quot; if I make funny faces in the mirror. - opus_4_vp</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;If you are not a model student and don&#39;t have excellent grades, you will never amount to anything in life.&quot; - pm_me_triangles</p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>Talking to strangers online... hello internet friends!! - PharmasaurusRxDino</p> </blockquote><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>If I didn&#39;t do everything that was expected of me, I&#39;d end up flipping burgers. That turned out to be absolutely untrue and there&#39;s absolutely no shame in working in the food industry. - faxanadude_</p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>Television was going to ruin my brain. - Dry_Control4229</p> </blockquote><h2>18.</h2><blockquote> <p>Having a bad handwriting being a huge handicap for me in the future in my professional life.</p> <p>I&#39;ve been working for 20 years, now. Never had to write anything down using a pen beyond personal notes here and there, not meant to be shared. - inckalt</p> </blockquote><h2>19.</h2><blockquote> <p>Peer pressure. Almost all the peer pressure I felt was actually self-pressure. - knowsie</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>20.</h2><blockquote> <p>Waiting an hour after eating before swimming. - CJ-4108</p> </blockquote><h2>21.</h2><blockquote> <p>I really thought the Bermuda Triangle would play a stronger role in my adulthood. - CaptainLawyerDude</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

21 adults share the things they warned about as kids that weren't actually that bad.

Don&#39;t eat a watermelon seed or you&#39;ll grow a plant in your stomach, gum takes seven years to digest, a silly expression will stay on your face permanently--being a kid can often mean filtering out a lot of terrifying misinformation.While adults can sometimes stretch the truth to get kids to follow the rules of the public pool or stay quiet on the seven hour car ride, many of the &quot;don&#39;t eat before swimming&quot; rules are just passed down through generations without a thought. Of course it&#39;s critically important to keep kids safe, but is it necessary to trick them into thinking they&#39;ll get arrested for crying in the cereal aisle at the grocery store? Is it truly the end of the world if you don&#39;t master writing in cursive or memorize the times tables?So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What is something that you were warned about when you were younger that you now feel was exaggerated?&quot; people were ready to share their favorite &quot;driving with a light on in the car is illegal,&quot; stories.1. Stranger danger is a real thing, but you&#39;re much more likely to be abused by someone you know. - MizElaneous 2. Your permanent record. I&#39;m 55, and nobody has ever asked me about the time I was sent to the principal&#39;s office when I was 16. - TooOldForACleverName 3. Mom warned me to &quot;avoid any girl who wanted to stick her tongue in my mouth (&#39;French kiss&#39;) because it would lead me astray.&quot; - Back2Bach 4. Swallowing chewing gum - PennyPanda1 5. When my 5th grade teacher told us that 6th grade would be a lot harder - ingrid040317 6. My mom was obsessed with the idea that all bad sh*t only happened after midnight so that was my iron clad curfew. Guess what Mom? A ton of bad sh*t has happened to me in broad daylight. - PhillipLlerenas 7. My parents both smoked before having kids, and my mom raised me on stories about how the first time she smoked a cigarette, she coughed so badly that she threw up. It made staying away from smoking cigarettes pretty easy, because I didn&#39;t want to puke! Once I was in college I brought up the story to her and she blinked like an owl caught in the sunlight. &quot;Wait, you believed me?&quot; She said. &quot;I was just trying to get you to not smoke. If smoking made me vomit, why do you think I smoked for 15 years?&quot; Good job, Mom! - AurelianoTampa 8. The requirement of &#39;having your sh*t together.&#39; Virtually everyone is in various stages of chaos, even if they give the appearance of having everything carefully planned. - FineBahnMi 9. How hard highschool is. Teachers always said you would have to smarten up in highschool and you would barely have time for anything. I crocheted my teacher a sweater for his dog in class once. I think I&#39;ll be okay - imatworkrn9 10. I was told in D.A.R.E. that people would constantly be offering me drugs and trying to get me high and it would be a constant struggle to turn them down. Imagine my disappointment. - MidvalleyFreak 11. Killer bees! - AshamedFool 12. Stop playing with the computer you&rsquo;ll get dumb. I&rsquo;m a software engineer now - Then-Adhesiveness-70 13. Apparently my face will not actually &quot;stay like that&quot; if I make funny faces in the mirror. - opus_4_vp 14. &quot;If you are not a model student and don&#39;t have excellent grades, you will never amount to anything in life.&quot; - pm_me_triangles 15. Talking to strangers online... hello internet friends!! - PharmasaurusRxDino 16. If I didn&#39;t do everything that was expected of me, I&#39;d end up flipping burgers. That turned out to be absolutely untrue and there&#39;s absolutely no shame in working in the food industry. - faxanadude_ 17. Television was going to ruin my brain. - Dry_Control4229 18. Having a bad handwriting being a huge handicap for me in the future in my professional life. I&#39;ve been working for 20 years, now. Never had to write anything down using a pen beyond personal notes here and there, not meant to be shared. - inckalt 19. Peer pressure. Almost all the peer pressure I felt was actually self-pressure. - knowsie 20. Waiting an hour after eating before swimming. - CJ-4108 21. I really thought the Bermuda Triangle would play a stronger role in my adulthood. - CaptainLawyerDude 

Don&#39;t eat a watermelon seed or you&#39;ll grow a plant in your stomach, gum takes seven years to digest, a silly expression will stay on your face permanently--being a kid can often mean filtering out a lot of terrifying...