Essay On Early Childhood Myths

Write a short paper about three myths from your early childhood that helped shape your expectations of life. Do you still have them? If so, what role do they play in your life? If not, what happened to make you discard them?

Many of us as young children growing up are often told myths which we believed were true and some we still believed up to this day. But what exactly is a myth? A myth is a story handed down through history, often through oral tradition, that explains or gives value to the unknown. Three myths from my early childhood that helped shape my expectations of life are don’t swim after eating or you’ll drown, reading in the dark will hurt your eyes and do not sweep over someone’s feet, they will never get married.
As a child growing up I used to love to go to the beach. On the mornings that there was no school, I would get up early and head to the beach. Most times, I would walk with my breakfast in my hand eating along the way. My mind was on getting in that water and having a nice soak. I …show more content…
I used to love to read as a child. When I got a book and it was interesting I would be up all hours of the day and night reading. When I was up at night reading, there was hardly any light. I didn’t worry about no light, all I was worried about is trying to finish my book that I started. I would hear the older folks say “you need to stop reading in the dark, it’s not good for your eyes you can do it now because you young, but it will affect you when you get older.” I don’t believe this myth anymore reason being I’ve learned that while it may be harder to read in poor light, the most damage you'll do is cause strain on the eyes. Eye strain gets better with rest. Your eyes use cones which is for reading and seeing color and rods which is for detecting peripheral motion and seeing in dimmer light. Your eyes switch from using cones to rods when the light is dim, and rods don't work as well for