Ohio reversal on evolution and crap parents teach their kids

A school board in Ohio has reversed it's position on Evolution. Before the Pennsylvania ruling that Intelligent design is anything but intelligent, Ohio had required an accompanying plan that taught included a critical analysis of Evolution.

For what it's worth, I like the idea of a "critical analysis" of evolution, not b/c it's a bad theory, but because it is an excellent theory--good theories withstand critical analysis. So, bring 'em on.

But the purpose of this post was inspired by a section in the article from the NY times (you may need to login):

"It's an outrageous slap in the face to the citizens of Ohio," said John G. West, associate director of the Center for Science and Culture at the institute, referring to several polls that show public support for criticism of evolution in science classes. "The effort to try to suppress ideas that you dislike, to use the government to suppress ideas you dislike, has a failed history," Mr. West said.

And so I thought to myself, what examples exist of crap that parent teach their kids that have no basis in science or reality?

• The sky is blue b/c it reflects water (I hear this one all the time....in college classes!)
• Having sex too young 'weakens the brain' (okay, I heard this one from my cousin in Africa working for the peace Corp. Apparently, this is their sex education. Wow.)

Of course, I'm having a bit of a time coming up with others. What else could their be?