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20 Common Lies All Kids Have Heard From Their Parents Growing Up

"Parents are always right!"
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Remember that story your parents and your grandparents told you about how 'God' left you at their drawing room for them? Or how when you refused to spit out orange seeds, they declared you'll have an orange tree growing in your tummy?

And then later, how you were just one engineering exam away from becoming Richard Branson? Nobody said bringing up a child was easy. Especially a 90s kid who thought 'Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast' was a legitimate song to be sung at house parties. And there are times they had to lie. Here's a list of 'lies' that you must have heard while growing up in an Indian household.

1. Abhi padh lo, baad mein ash hi ash hai. (Study now, enjoy later.)

"CA karlo phir ash hi ash hai."

"MBA karlo phir ash hi ash hai."

2. Jo log cigarette/daaru peete hain woh gande hote hain. (People who drink and smoke are bad people)

Umm, no mom. They may have bad lungs and livers, but smoking and drinking won't make them bad human beings.

3. Chai peene se kaale hote hain. (You'll become dark if you drink too much tea)

So we can get a tan, without even stepping out in the sun. That's great!

4. Paer taapne se height rukk jaati hai. (If you cross over your siblings' body while they are lying down or sitting, they will stop growing.)

Actually, we kind of knew that's not true, right? But we still followed it.